Elon Musk was once an illegal immigrant.

[Rogue AI]

I thought it was racist to attack illegal aliens. Oh right, the whole party of the Klan thing, the racism is always included. Carry on with the liberal anti-immigrant tirade.

 

[0311]

Ditched his graduate program, which ended his student visa.

He then proceeded to work illegally.

A situation that continued until investors found out and said "fix this or no more money".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/

Yeah, but he IS WHITE!

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Shows that some illegal aliens can live productive lives and not be a sponge on the system.

So an illegal alien should be allowed to break the law and work? I thought you dumbells cared about law and order? Of course he's a white South African so of course he's OK since MAGA is basically white supremacists with masks on anyway.

Don't be a fuckin hypocrite every time your shown to be a dunce, just condemn Musk and move on FFS.

Almost the entire thread is racist sycophancy.

I'm an immigrant from Britain and I never once worked illegally or violated US immigration law, I was overjoyed to be allowed to enter and work here and have always shown the greatest respect for immigration law. The fact that you and others here are condoning this is sickening to me at a personal level.

To see a thread littered with comments by people ostensibly concerned about illegal aliens, supporting a man who is campaigning about the criminality of illegal aliens, condoning the very thing they claim to be opposed to is frankly sickening, liars, scum, all of you.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Just like democrats to read and report on just the headline, instead of doing a little research. So predictable. Reading a CNN article, the following is claimed from the American Immigration Lawyers Association as well as a 35 year immigration attorney: In short, the path Elon took could have been very legal depending on the type of visa he had:

The Guardian

Legal experts said foreign students cannot drop out of school to build a company even if they are not getting paid. The Post also noted that – prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks agains the US in 2001 – regulation for student visas was more lax.

“If you do anything that helps to facilitate revenue creation, such as design code or try to make sales in furtherance of revenue creation, then you’re in trouble,” Leon Fresco, a former US justice department immigration litigator, told the outlet.

But the Post also acknowledged: “While overstaying a student visa is somewhat common and officials have at times turned a blind eye to it, it remains illegal.”

So stop it. I am an immigrant from Britain and know rather more than most here about the mechanics of this. Musk broke immigration law and knew it, any intelligent person wishing to live/work in the US has a duty to obey the law to the letter.

Immigration agents do not tolerate people taking advantage or pretending this and that, the law is the law and its very clear.

Musk is a hypocrite as is Trump and sadly most of the people posting to this thread. Every kind of visa (immigrant and non-immigrant) is clearly documented along with the rules about what you can and cannot do.

For example an H1B visa allows you to work for a SPECIFIC EMPLOYER and if you leave then you CANNOT WORK (and cannot be hired) and must exit the US within a few days at most so even hanging around not working is itself illegal.

 

[jotathought]

The Guardian



So stop it. I am an immigrant from Britain and know rather more than most here about the mechanics of this. Musk broke immigration law and knew it, any intelligent person wishing to live/work in the US has a duty to obey the law to the letter.

Immigration agents do not tolerate people taking advantage or pretending this and that, the law is the law and its very clear.

Musk is a hypocrite as is Trump and sadly most of the people posting to this thread. Every kind of visa (immigrant and non-immigrant) is clearly documented along with the rules about what you can and cannot do.

For example an H1B visa allows you to work for a SPECIFIC EMPLOYER and if you leave then you CANNOT WORK (and cannot be hired) and must exit the US within a few days at most so even hanging around not working is itself illegal.

I'll trust the American attorney experts over an anonymous debate forum poster. As they said, it depends on the type of visa he was holding and whether there were exceptions -- details not known to the public or media sources. Cheers!

 

[Crepitus]

Again unless you can post credible evidence that Snopes is wrong, have a nice afternoon.

There is a video confession in the OP.

Deal with it.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Ditched his graduate program, which ended his student visa.

He then proceeded to work illegally.

A situation that continued until investors found out and said "fix this or no more money".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/

Trying to equate a person here on a student visa to illegals from third world shitholes.
Fail.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

There is a video confession in the OP.

Deal with it.

Deal with what? Nobody cares.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

As usual, the dishonest right attempts to defend the indefensible.

Such is the hypocrisy of the right.

Nope. It’s a giant nothingburger. Sorry.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

LOL, the problem I have is the hypocrisy.

But you cannot even see it.

Brainwashing victims, amiright?

Nope. The hypocrisy is you leftists adoring Musk for years when he was the green electric car king then immediately hate him when he doesn’t support everything left 100%.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

My post #10 lines all that out nicely. Your Snopes link is primarily 2016 information. The new information revealed by the WP has superseded the Snope's link. Thus, maintaining that Musk was never in violation of his immigration status is indeed, "Fake news".
Musk's own sworn admissions show that he was quite aware of his status, but gambled that earning a few hundred million bucks would make it all OK.
He was, of course, right~

Whatever helps you deal with the absolute disaster that was chosen for you.

 

[Zebra]

Ditched his graduate program, which ended his student visa.

He then proceeded to work illegally.

A situation that continued until investors found out and said "fix this or no more money".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/

interesting!

 

[Moonglow]

All the evidence points to the truth that Elon Musk was never an 'illegal' immigrant as we define the term now. More dishonesty from a malicious left that is increasingly without morals, integrity, principles, ethics.

According to Snopes: ". . .In sum, the claim that Elon Musk was once an "illegal immigrant" in the U.S. is unproven. While Musk did joke about being in a "gray area" regarding his immigration status, the available evidence suggests that he followed a legal path through student visas and H-1B temporary employment visas. There is no credible evidence that he was ever fully "illegal" during his more than three decades in the U.S. . ."

Musk Was Once an Undocumented Immigrant in US?

With discussions resurfacing around Musk's immigration journey, Snopes reexamined claims regarding the entrepreneur's pathway to U.S. citizenship.

www.snopes.com

No, he was an illegal immigrant illegally living in the USA.

 

[konradv]

Ditched his graduate program, which ended his student visa.

He then proceeded to work illegally.

A situation that continued until investors found out and said "fix this or no more money".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status/

NO, not MAGA’s favorite African-American!

#HYPOCRITES

 

[Mac-7]

People who overstay student visas are indeed illegals.

It is a fact.

Yes, so?

 

[Foxfyre]

No, he was an illegal immigrant illegally living in the USA.

The desperation and arrogance of self righteous Democrats presuming their hateful rhetoric trashing a political adversary has more credibility than fact checking organizations never ceases to amaze me.