Elon Musk He has a lot to say on social media about immigration, immigrant crime, and lies about Democrats using illegal immigrants to get votes. According to what he hasn’t said publicly Washington PostMusk, himself an immigrant, worked illegally in the USA at the beginning of his career.

Musk, the richest person in the world, was born in South Africa and left his country to attend university in Canada after graduating at the age of 17. He came to Palo Alto in 1995 for a graduate program at Stanford University, but never enrolled in classes, The Post reported.

Instead, he worked on his first start-up, Zip2, which he sold in 1999 for nearly $300 million. Zip2 paved the way for Tesla and other companies that made Musk the richest person in the world.

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at a town hall with Republican candidate U.S. Senate Senator Dave McCormick at the Roxain Theater on October 20, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

Legal experts told The Post that Musk’s decision not to attend school means he has no legal basis to stay in the United States

RELATING TO: Elon Musk’s petition giveaway promises voters $1 million a day: Is it legal?

Foreign students aren’t allowed to drop out of school to start companies “even if they don’t get paid right away,” said Leon Fresco, a former Justice Department immigration litigator.

“If you do anything that helps facilitate revenue generation, like design code, or try to sell to further revenue generation, then you’re in trouble,” Fresco told The Post.

53-year-old Musk is increasingly using the social media site he owns, false immigration claimsIncluding that Democrats are “importing” immigrants into the country to vote Haitian immigrants in Ohio kill and eat pets.

Accordingly BloombergMusk posts more about immigration and voter fraud on X, where he has more than 200 million followers, about immigration and voter fraud than any other topic.

RELATING TO: Data shows immigrants not accepting black and Hispanic jobs despite Trump’s claims

Musk, who transferred more than $100 million in February, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Complaining that illegal immigrants can get a driver’s license and insurance in the USA, The Post stated that Musk’s partners said that he often drives when he is not legally in the USA, so he must have a driver’s license and insurance. outside.

Musk’s brother, Kimbal, has repeatedly admitted that he and Elon were working in the United States without the necessary permits.

Musk, his attorney Alex Spiro, and Musk’s family office manager did not respond to The Post’s requests for comment.