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Claims That Elon Musk Is Not a U.S. Citizen Lack Evidence
Musk became a citizen in 2002.thedispatch.com
If he worked illegally, it was only for a few months back in 1995-1996, before he received his work permit.
In 2002, Musk became a US Citizen.
Musk was born in South Africa in 1971, and he lived there until he moved to Canada in 1989. After studying for two years at Queen’s University in Ontario, in 1992 Musk transferred to the University of Pennsylvania. Musk initially planned on pursuing a doctoral degree in material science at Stanford University upon graduation, but in 1995 he deferred his enrollment in order to pursue his idea of an online interactive version of the Yellow Pages.
While Musk is a U.S. citizen today, his legal working status during these early years is questionable. According to an October story in the Washington Post, Musk did not have the legal right to remain in the U.S. after he deferred his enrollment at Stanford in 1995. In a 2013 interview, Musk’s brother Kimbal admitted that the two were “illegal immigrants” when they were first approached by venture capitalists in 1996. “In fact, when they did fund us, they realized that we were illegal immigrants,” Kimbal said. “Well, I’d say it was a grey area,” Elon replied. According to a funding agreement from the time obtained by the Washington Post, the two brothers were made to obtain legal work status within 45 days of the investment, which they apparently achieved.
Elon Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms
The richest man in the world appears to have worked in the US without authorization. According to experts, if he did so and lied about it as part of the immigration process, he could be denaturalized.
Stephen Yale-Loehr, a professor at Cornell Law School and faculty director of its Immigration Law and Policy Program, [...] says, “on purely legal grounds, this would justify revoking citizenship, because if he had told the truth, he would not have been eligible for an H1-B, a green card, or naturalization.”
It may be a technicality, and Trump can of course pardon him, but the law is clear on this. If a person broke immigration law and lied at any point in their immigration process, their citizenship can be revoked. There is no statute of limitations.
