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“That wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal
worker here. No, I’m serious. He was supposed to be in school
when he came on a student visa. He wasn’t in school. He was
violating the law. And he’s talking about all these illegals
coming our way?” Biden said while campaigning on Saturday in
Pittsburgh at a union hall.
The Washington Post reported that Musk worked illegally in the
country while on a student visa. The newspaper, citing company
documents, former business associates and court documents, said
Musk arrived in Palo Alto, California in 1995 for a graduate
program at Stanford University "but never enrolled in courses,
working instead on his startup. ”
Musk wrote on X in reply to a video post of Biden’s comments: “I
was in fact allowed to work in the US." Musk added, “The Biden
puppet is lying.”
Investors in Musk’s company, Zip2, were concerned about the
possibility of their founder being deported, according to the
report, and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa. The
newspaper also cited a 2005 email from Musk to his Tesla
co-founders acknowledging that he did not have authorization to
be in the U.S. when he started Zip2.
According to the account, that email was submitted as evidence
in a now-closed California defamation lawsuit and said that Musk
had apllied to Stanford so he could stay in the country legally.
Musk is today the world’s richest man. He has committed more
than $70 million to help Republican presidential nominee Donald
Trump and other GOP candidates win on Nov. 5, and is one of the
party's biggest donors this campaign season. He has been
headlining events in the White House race’s final stretch, often
echoing Trump's dark rhetoric against immigration.
Trump has pledged to give Musk a role in his administration if
he wins next month.
There was no immediate response to messages left with X and
Tesla seeking Musk’s comment.
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