Billionaire Elon Musk has sought to correct the record on his views on immigration, claiming the media has wrongly labeled him “anti-immigrant.”
“The media often characterizes me as ‘anti-immigrant’ because I have expressed concern about unvetted illegal immigrants overwhelming American cities,” Musk wrote on Thursday .
“As an immigrant myself, nothing could be further from the truth,” he said.
“Every talented, hard-working, honest person is all for increasing and speeding legal immigration,” Musk continued.
Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and the Attend a symposium on the fight against Judaism. (Beata Saursel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
“Entering the United States legally is extraordinarily difficult and painfully slow, but entering illegally is easy and fast! This clearly makes no sense.”
Nearly 7.3 million immigrants Crossed the Southwest border illegally under President Biden’s watchthat number is larger than the individual populations of 36 states, a Fox News analysis found.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Report 2023 It shows that the number of illegal immigrants listed on non-detention records has jumped from 3.7 million in fiscal year 2021 to nearly 4.8 million in fiscal year 2022 and nearly 6.2 million in fiscal year 2023. .
Musk, who legally immigrated to the United States from South Africa, has been a vocal critic of Biden’s border policies in recent months.he Visited the US-Mexico border In Eagle Pass, Texas, in September, he declared, “The situation is out of control and is rapidly escalating.”
Elon Musk slams border bill, says people who rely on legacy media are ‘living in a false alternate reality’
Migrants arrive at a makeshift camp after crossing the border with Mexico near Jacumba Hot Springs in San Diego, California, on February 23, 2024. Elon Musk has become increasingly vocal against illegal immigration. (Qian Weizhong/VCG, via Getty Images)
When a bipartisan group of senators introduced a compromise border security bill last month, Musk was among the bill’s critics, arguing it would normalize high levels of illegal immigration.
Last week, he called the bill “satanic” and claimed the failed bill “deserves the death penalty,” while mocking traditional media coverage of the issue.
Musk responded to an X post from the Biden-Harris reelection campaign that shared a clip from ABC News’ “Good Morning America” discussing the bill. An ABC News reporter said the stalled bipartisan deal includes some of the “toughest reforms in decades,” but that “President Trump is pushing the bill to deny President Biden a political victory.” “We put pressure on Republicans to repeal the bill.”
Musk disagreed and criticized how the ABC News article framed the issue.
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Musk has blasted President Biden’s border policies, accusing Democrats of intentionally allowing illegal immigration to win future votes. (STR/NurPhoto, Getty Images, left, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, right)
“People who get their news from traditional television are living in a false alternate reality. The so-called ‘toughest reforms’ would have made invasion levels of immigration permanent. That diabolical “border bill” deserves to die and those who supported it should be ashamed. “Mask posted on X.
The bipartisan border bill includes an “emergency border authority” that would mandate Title 42-style immigrant expulsions if immigration levels exceed 5,000 people per day on a seven-day rolling average.
It would also shorten the process from years to months, provide immediate work permits to asylum seekers, and fund a significant increase in border personnel and immigration officers, while narrowing down asylum eligibility. It will be. Additionally, $650 million to increase the number of green cards, provide additional funding to NGOs and immigrant-hosting cities, fund border walls, and $450 million to countries to recapture and resettle illegal immigrants. Includes $1,000,000.
Biden championed the deal as a tough but fair way to give him authority to resolve the border crisis, but House Republicans quickly declared it was too early, and conservative opponents in the Senate quickly It increased to
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Musk has explicitly supported conservatives on the immigration crisis, accusing Democrats of tolerating high levels of illegal immigration in order to generate future blue votes. He also said Democrats are reluctant to deport illegal immigrants who have committed crimes because that would mean losing potential voters.
“Democrats don’t deport people, because every illegal act is very likely to be voted out at some point,” Musk said on February 26. “That simple motive explains actions that seem insane.” he posted.
Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood, Michael Dorgan and Eric Revell contributed to this report.
