Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Monday rebuked billionaire Elon Musk for criticizing the controversial so-called border bill he helped co-author.
After the Senate released the full text of the bill on Sunday, Musk said the overall direction of immigration policy in the U.S., as the bill represents, will ultimately include immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. He expressed concern that he would be given the right to vote.
“The long-term goal of the so-called ‘border security’ bill is to allow illegal aliens to vote!” Musk reacted. “That would be doing the exact opposite of protecting our borders.”
The important thing is musk did not say The bill itself would allow noncitizens to vote.
However, Lankford still used the concerns to attack Musk personally in an interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper. Mention of Tesla recall Through software updates.
“I think he needs to get back to work on the 2 million Teslas that are currently being recalled so he can focus on that,” Lankford said. “We’re not focused on getting more illegal aliens to vote. That’s ridiculous. It’s against the law for people who are not U.S. citizens to be able to vote in U.S. federal elections. That still doesn’t change.” . “
Musk’s current concerns center on automatic voter registration, he later explained. 24 states and the District of Columbia has been implemented.
“In many states, anyone with a driver’s license is automatically registered to vote (no citizenship verification required), then the ballot is mailed and collected by a ‘ballot harvester.’ “It’s impossible to trace fraudulent activity because it’s sent by mail,” he said. I have written on social media.
In recent days, Mr. Musk is spoken candidly with his concerns About the current status Immigration control system.
However, Musk has also made it clear that he is not anti-immigrant.
“Just to be clear, I’m all for significantly increasing legal immigration,” Musk said. Said on sunday. “I’m not anti-immigrant. I’m just against the influx of unvetted people into the United States. That’s what any rational person should do.”
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