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TIL that Elon Musk was an illegal immigrant (gizmodo.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] 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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[–] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is.

If he didn't come legally, he's illegal.

Right, magtards?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I would say Trump should deport him to Mexico with the rest of the naturalized citizens, but that wouldn't be fair to Mexico.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So, illegally.

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    • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, but he's rich, and this is America.

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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It would be hilarious if he got stripped of his wealth and got deported back to South Africa.

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    • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    This is why, to be president, he had to buy a front-man.

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Here is the video and the time stamp (13:31) where Elon Musk and Kimbal admit that they were illegal immigrants and that their funders also knew they were illegal immigrants:

    https://youtu.be/T55CcN5c5as?t=811

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    He could have been a brown vacuum cleaner with that kind if money he has access to.

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Deport the MoFo's, NOW.

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    [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    How did you just learn this today? We've been talking about it for literal weeks now dude.

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