Elon Musk hit back at President Biden's call to pass a bipartisan Senate agreement to address the unprecedented levels of illegal immigration crossing the southern border.
Biden issued a statement late Friday saying the bill he is negotiating would give the president new emergency powers to close the border “in the event the border becomes overwhelmed,” and that the president would be able to do so on the day he signed the bill. He said he would exercise the
“For everyone who wants stronger border controls, this is the way to do it,” Biden said in a statement. “If you are serious about the border crisis, pass a bipartisan bill and I will sign it.”
Elon Musk (left) and President Joe Biden (right). Tesla CEO Elon Musk applauded President Biden's call for a bipartisan Senate agreement to resolve the border crisis, saying “we don't need to pass a law” to solve the problem. Stated/ (STR/NurPhoto, Getty Images, left, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, right)
Senate border bill would allow 5,000 immigrants a day before Title 42 restrictions begin.arouse the anger of conservatives
But Musk, a vocal critic of the border crisis, clapped back at the statement posted to the president's X account.
“There is no need to pass a law,” Musk wrote. “All we need is an executive order requiring evidence before granting asylum hearings. That used to be the case.”
Musk, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and X, has previously claimed that gaining asylum status after illegally crossing the southern border is as easy as a Google search.
He also agreed with Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor David Sachs, who wrote last night that the border is broken “because this administration refuses to enforce the laws we already have.” . Musk replied, “That's right.”
December 2023 had the highest number of interactions between Border Patrol agents and migrants in a single month in U.S. history. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The border deal could cost more than $14 billion, but Republican lawmakers are uneasy about the bill's text.
Sachs also posted a video of hundreds of illegal immigrants landing at the border and described Biden's current policies as “open borders,” to which Musk wrote, “That can't be denied at this point.” Ta.
December saw the highest number of Border Patrol interactions with migrants in a single month in U.S. history.
Meanwhile, Musk previously expressed support for building a wall on the southern border, but appears to have changed his mind about its necessity.
“Building a wall is dangerous,” Musk wrote in another X Friday post.
Elon Musk visited Eagle Pass, Texas, in September to see for himself the situation with immigrants there. Musk also livestreamed what he saw on the X.
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“We don't need a wall to solve this situation. Border Patrol has been directed to facilitate mass illegal entry into the United States.”
“The fundamental problem is that anyone can apply for asylum without any evidence. That means anyone on the planet can come to America.”
Musk visited the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, in September and livestreamed what he saw, giving people a first-hand account of the migrant crisis.
