Biden calls out Musk over a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked in the US illegally; AP, October 27, 2024

 AP; Biden calls out Musk over a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked in the US illegally

"President Joe Biden slammed Elon Musk for hypocrisy on immigration after a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the United States. The South Africa-born Musk denies the allegation.

“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. ”"

Elon Musk 'was an illegal immigrant' before becoming open-border critic; Daily Mail, October 26, 2024

 ALYSSA GUZMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM ; Elon Musk 'was an illegal immigrant' before becoming open-border critic

"South Africa-born Elon Musk has become one of the biggest illegal immigration critics in the US, but the billionaire had a questionable immigration status of his own when he started his first company in the 1990s. 

Although Musk, now 53, entered the country legally on a student visa to Stanford in 1995, he never actually enrolled in the prestigious California school. 

Instead, two days into the semester, he called the department chair to tell them he wasn't going to attend, which should have prompted his immediate exit from the country as he had no legal right to stay, according to The Washington Post.

However, the entrepreneur did not leave the US and stayed in the country as an illegal immigrant to start his first company Zip2 - a moment in his impressive career that he simply calls a 'gray area.' 

Now, the Telsa and SpaceX founder is a major critic of the US border crisis and has recently slammed the Biden Administration for turning a blind eye to the soaring immigration rates coming from the US-Mexico border. 

The richest man in the world - who has a staggering net worth of nearly $270billion - has even become one of Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump's biggest donors ahead of the 2024 election next month."

Sanders says it's 'biblical to enforce the law' when asked about separating families at the border; The Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2018

Colleen Shalby, The Los Angeles Times; Sanders says it's 'biblical to enforce the law' when asked about separating families at the border

"Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions cited the Bible on Thursday in defense of the Trump administration's criminal prosecution of adults who cross the border illegally, effectively separating them from their migrant children. 

 

“Persons who violate the law of our nation are subject to prosecution. I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order," he said.

 

When CNN’s Jim Acosta asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to elaborate on the attorney general’s comments, the conversation turned tense.

 

“Where does it say in the Bible that it’s moral to take children away from their mothers?” Acosta asked.

 

Sanders said she wasn’t aware of Sessions’ comments, but said, “I can say that it is very biblical to enforce the law."