WP EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk, enemy of 'open borders,' launched his career working illegally
Source: Washington Post
WP EXCLUSIVE
Elon Musk, enemy of 'open borders,' launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk's first company worried about "our founder being deported" and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Elon Musk is seen at his desk March 19, 2004, in El Segundo, California. (Paul Harris/Getty Images)
By Maria Sacchetti, Faiz Siddiqui and Nick Miroff
October 26, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Long before he became one of Donald Trump's biggest donors and campaign surrogates, South African-born Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States as he launched his entrepreneurial career after ditching a graduate studies program in California, according to former business associates, court records and company documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Musk in recent months has amplified the Republican presidential candidate's claims that "open borders" and undocumented immigrants are destroying America, broadcasting those views to more than 200 million followers on the site formerly known as Twitter, which Musk bought in 2022 and later renamed X.
What Musk has not publicly disclosed is that he did not have the legal right to work while building the company that became Zip2, which sold for about $300 million in 1999. It was Musk's steppingstone to Tesla and the other ventures that have made him the world's wealthiest person -- and arguably America's most successful immigrant.
Musk and his brother, Kimbal, have often described their immigrant journey in romantic terms, as a time of personal austerity, undeterred ambition and a willingness to flout conventions. Musk arrived in Palo Alto in 1995 for a graduate degree program at Stanford University but never enrolled in courses, working instead on his start-up. ... Leaving school left Musk without a legal basis to remain in the United States, according to legal experts.
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Siddiqui and Miroff reported from Washington.
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By Maria Sacchetti
Maria Sacchetti covers immigration for the Washington Post, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the court system. She previously reported for the Boston Globe, where her work led to the release of several immigrants from jail. She lived for several years in Latin America and is fluent in Spanish.follow on X @mariasacchetti
By Faiz Siddiqui
Faiz Siddiqui is a technology reporter with The Washington Post's Business Desk covering companies such as Tesla and Twitter. His area of coverage has also included ride-hailing and the race to build autonomous cars. Prior to that, he covered the D.C. Metro and local transportation scene.follow on X @faizsays
By Nick Miroff
Nick Miroff covers the Department of Homeland Security for The Washington Post, with a focus on immigration enforcement and the southern border. He was a Post foreign correspondent in Latin America from 2010 to 2017, and has been a staff writer since 2006.follow on X @NickMiroff
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/10/26/elon-musk-immigration-status
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