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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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[–] Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IS

ELON MUSK IS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Doesn’t matter now.

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

~~was~~ is

FTFY

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but it only counts if you aren't white, obvs

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Musk is African-American, so he's an edge case.

[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not really. He's rich, that supersedes all other things such as race.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Oh of course, silly me forgot to take that into account.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

He's not African American and he's an illegal immigrant in the US.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I’m sure he has an E2 Visa, or probably an EB-5

The rules for immigration are different if you run a business

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If he were deported I’d laugh my ass off

[–] eccentric@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The rules are not for the rich.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago

I know it’d never happen. But it’d be hilarious if it did

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

He thinks himself "one of the good ones". The dissonance is right up there with "the only moral abortion is my abortion".

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] eccentric@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Ha! What a coincidence.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I have seen romanians complain about romanian tourists visiting other countries so thats not too weirf