US President Joe Biden criticized Elon Musk for his hypocrisy regarding immigration, after the newspaper “Washington Post“ reported that the South African-born Musk had at one time worked illegally in the United States, the Associated Press reported, cited by BTA. The businessman denies the charges.
„The richest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here. No, I'm serious. He should have been studying when he came on a student visa. He hasn't been to university. He broke the law. And he's talking about all these illegal migrants who are coming to us,”, Biden said at a campaign event.
„The Washington Post” reported that Musk had been working illegally in the country while on a student visa. The newspaper cited company documents, former business partners of the billionaire and court documents. According to the publication, Musk arrived in California in 1995 for a master's program at Stanford University, “but was never enrolled in the courses, instead working at his startup company”.
„I was actually allowed to work in the US”, Musk wrote on the social network “X“ in response to Biden. "Puppet Biden is lying," he added.
Today Musk is the richest man in the world. He has given 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.
Trump has promised to give Musk a role in his administration if he wins next month.