CNN: Elon Musk is one of illegal immigration’s harshest critics. He once described his past immigration status as a ‘gray area’

Elon Musk is often in the news.  CNN looks at his immigration views – both for legal immigration and calling for border controls — as well as his and his family’s immigration journey to the United States.  It is interesting reading.

In response to details his mother, Maye Musk, has shared on X about her own immigration journey, Elon Musk has called legal immigration to the US “a laborious Kafkaesque nightmare” and noted that becoming a US citizen “was extremely difficult and took over a decade.”  He described his prior immigration status as a “gray area.”

KJ

I couldn’t get US citizenship even though my father and grandmother were born in Minnesota, and my grandfather, John Elon Haldeman, was born in Illinois. I was born in Canada so it took me 12 years through visas, green card, lawyer and numerous medical tests. That’s how hard it… https://t.co/YYFBqnpeBJ pic.twitter.com/PNP0KQmbv3

— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) February 4, 2024

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