Elon Musk Could Have US Citizenship Revoked If He Lied on Immigration Forms
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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.

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  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    1661·
    2 months ago

    while we would all love this, hes too rich and too important to the US military to be subjected to actual regular-people laws. sorry.

  • Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
    81·
    2 months ago

    You guys understand that even the immigration system is pay-to-win, right? Regardless of what happens, I don’t think Elon will have any issues.

    • clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world
      20·
      2 months ago

      Exactly. He would just reapply under the category of “director of a company” or as “individual of extraordinary abilities”.

      • GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
        16·
        2 months ago

        “individual of extraordinary abilities”

        No, you are not allowed to lie in immigration application forms, it says so right in the title!

    • EnderMB@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      While I don’t disagree at all, even in many of these instances lying to immigration officials is a fast track to being denied entry ever again.

      Obviously, Musk is going to get back in, but as a political pawn, kicking Musk out of the country being a legitimate option must be absolutely incredible.

  • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    64·
    2 months ago

    Yeah. Court couldn’t even issue a warrant today after he didn’t bother to show up. Wake me up when rich people face consequences.

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
      4·
      2 months ago

      But liberty and justice is in the brainwash pledge that the kids have to do every day. It can’t be a lie can it?

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Without straight up ignoring the law in this case, which State Department is more than capable of doing, it’s really not a different law.

      • slickgoat@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        I’m actually not a cynic, an attitude mostly lazy and unthinking, but straight up ignoring conventions and laws is what the right has normalised.

        Trump didn’t go to jail for Jan 6th, and never will. The paycheck mob did tho.

        “Go out there and fight like hell”.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
    422·
    2 months ago

    Filthy rich, white. He gets the wag of the finger treatment and nothing worse. Just like Trump.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      82·
      2 months ago

      In this specific case? It comes down to a civil servant getting paid 80k a year. If they get his case file for review and they flag it then the government starts doing it’s thing. Of course it will end up in court but a normal court can’t do much about it. Which is how Elon’s bestest buddies set it up. And once it’s on his file that he lied in order to gain citizenship or residency he’s straight up barred.

      In other words, if he lied then it will take a literal act of congress to save his citizenship.

      • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        I appreciate the wisdom of your words, but the past few years have planted me squarely in the camp of “I’ll see it when I believe it” when it comes to any sort of consequence for powerful, wealthy Republicans.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          Oh yeah, there’s always the possibility that despite the numerous articles on it the government just ignores him.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    2 months ago

    Remember all those headlines saying things like 'Trump could be found guilty of violating emoluments clause?" Yeah, put this in the same bucket.