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Elon Muskowner SpaceX, Tesla And X, worked illegally in the USA early in his business career after dropping out of graduate school in California, according to former partners, court documents and business files obtained by Washington Post.

This discovery is relevant because Musk has become one of the largest donors and supporters former Republican President and current candidate Donald Trumpsupporting his rhetoric against illegal immigration.

In recent months, Musk has strengthened Trump’s false theories about illegal immigrantsblaming them for the destruction of the country and spreading these opinions among their more than 200 million followers on Xplatform, which the company acquired in 2022 and renamed X instead Twitter.

According to The Washington Post, Musk had no legal right to work in construction Postal code2a company that sold for approximately $300 million in 1999and which became his springboard to Tesla and other companies that made him the richest man in the world.

Musk came to Palo Alto in 1995 to pursue graduate studies at the University. Stanford Universitybut never did, instead devoting himself to his business endeavors.

This, according to lawyers consulted by the newspaper, left him without a legal basis to remain in the country because, having failed to enroll in university, I had to leave the United States according to immigration laws of the time. In any case, he would not have been allowed to work.

International students coming to the United States on student visas, Leon Fresco, a former Justice Department prosecutor, told The Washington Post. They can’t drop out of school to start a company.even if they are not currently receiving immediate payments.

Musk has never publicly acknowledged that he is working without legal status. In an interview in 2013 He joked that he was in a “gray area.” early in his career, and in 2020 he stated that he received a “student work visa” after finishing his studies at Stanford.

“I was there legally, but I had to do work related to my studies“Musk said in a podcast in 2020.

Neither Musk, his lawyer Alex Spiro, nor the head of Musk’s family office responded to The Washington Post’s requests for comment. response to these revelations.

EFE