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gab13by13

(26,395 posts)
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 07:48 AM Oct 2024

Leon Musk Was An Illegal Immigrant

Today Musk is rabidly against immigration, but when he came to America in 1995 to be a grad student at Stanford, he never enrolled in any classes. Leaving Stanford left Musk without a legal right to remain in the US. Musk instead worked on starting up a company, Zip2.

Not all of the illegal immigrants to the US come across the southern border. What can we do to stop criminals like Musk from coming into America?

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Leon Musk Was An Illegal Immigrant (Original Post) gab13by13 Oct 2024 OP
There are mechanisms in place. MotownPgh Oct 2024 #1
Now dipshit wants to deport nonwhite US citizens Kid Berwyn Oct 2024 #2
I wondered 3auld6phart Oct 2024 #3
Leon Skum. The Unmitigated Gall Oct 2024 #4
100% correct malaise Oct 2024 #5
No person is illegal, not even Musk. TwilightZone Oct 2024 #8
If you're rich, they let you do it. Xoan Oct 2024 #6
Prior to Stanford, he went to Penn. Your timeline is wrong. TwilightZone Oct 2024 #7
Denaturalize and deport. dalton99a Oct 2024 #9

MotownPgh

(416 posts)
1. There are mechanisms in place.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 07:55 AM
Oct 2024

But I've learned in the past 4 years especially that there really are elites in this country, ruling and otherwise

TwilightZone

(28,835 posts)
8. No person is illegal, not even Musk.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 09:44 AM
Oct 2024

It's curious that the term continues to be used here. It's a right-wing slur.

TwilightZone

(28,835 posts)
7. Prior to Stanford, he went to Penn. Your timeline is wrong.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 09:42 AM
Oct 2024

Prior to Stanford, he attended Penn and got a dual degree in economics and physics

From the Penn student newspaper:

Musk graduated from the College and Wharton in 1997 with a dual degree in economics and physics. That same year, he started a Ph.D. program in materials sciences at Stanford University, dropping out just after two days later to begin his first start-up company, according to Fortune.


https://www.thedp.com/article/2022/11/elon-musk-penn-grad-wharton-twitter-auction

From Snopes re: the disputed physics degree: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-physics-degree/

He came to the US from Canada, where he had gained Canadian citizenship from his Canada-born mother.

The claim that he is an undocumented immigrant has never been proven. Snopes again:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-undocumented-immigrant/

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