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TIL that Elon Musk was an illegal immigrant (gizmodo.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by eccentric@lemm.ee to c/thisisnotmylife@lemm.ee

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/47373766

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21268863

The reason this is relevant is because he has spent the better part of a year complaining about “illegal immigrants” who are “invading” the country. But an old video from 2013 resurfaced on Saturday that appears to show the billionaire admitting he was at one point building his small business in the country illegally, describing it as a “gray area.”

*Edit: typo

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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Afaik he came in legally but broke the conditions of his visa at the time (started work while still on a student visa, or something like that) . Which means once he got the proper visa, he had to lie on the application when asked if he ever did that.

[–] JamesTBagg@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

So IS an illegal immigrant..

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So, illegally.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

He came in legally, then did things that should have gotten his visa revoked and disqualified him from entering the country again. Which means he wasn't an illegal immigrant, but now he is.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

So, illegally.