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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe Aug 29 '24
Know who also said that? Ex Republican President Ronald Reagan:
"I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and lived here, even though sometime back they may have entered illegally,"
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u/worldspawn00 Aug 30 '24
Reagan was pro open borders.
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u/Inuvin Aug 30 '24
Like the filthy commie he was.
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u/TonyCaliStyle Aug 30 '24 edited Aug 30 '24
Are you serious? He ended communism himself. He had compassion, was realistic, and at the time our economy was growing so fast we needed the labor.
Edit: and congrats on your trolling to get me to defend Reagan.
Edit edit: sarcasm is lost late night Redditting
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u/Mindless-Whereas-508 Aug 30 '24
It was a joke my guy. He was being sarcastic.
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u/TonyCaliStyle Aug 30 '24
I’ve had better moments. A lot of better moments, lol.
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u/Mindless-Whereas-508 Aug 30 '24
Don’t worry bout it. It’s easier to make these mistakes online since you can’t hear the sarcasm in someone’s voice.
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u/danglytomatoes Aug 30 '24
It's hard to tell these days. You could pass your friend the salt in a food court and someone out there would call you a commie
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u/Gigatronz Aug 30 '24
He's exaggerating sarcastically but also pointing out how the godfather of modern conservatism and corporatism was more progressive then modern Democrats in some ways. Because of how far we have shifted politically since then.
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u/rtb001 Aug 30 '24
Where was his compassion when neither him nor the throat GOAT herself were willing to even make a phone call to help Rock Hudson when he was ailing from AIDS and was trying to get into experimental life extending therapy.
If they would turn their back on a DECADES long personal friend like Hudson because of optics, you think these couple of ghouls cared even a little bit for the migrants south of the border? At best they saw them as cheap labor akin to indentured servitude.
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u/Angeret Aug 29 '24
With such an earth-shattering gotcha from Musk, I get the distinct impression he got a degree from Trump University.
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u/throwaway_12358134 Aug 29 '24
Musk overstayed his Visa when he was a student, which made him an undocumented immigrant.
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u/kat_Folland Aug 29 '24
Melania Trump has false info in her immigration paperwork. By law she should be deported.
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u/thesilentbob123 Aug 29 '24
"Einstein visa" my ass
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u/TruIsou Aug 29 '24
Melania is essentially a Slovenian escort, that's how she met Trump, at a party for Eastern European escorts.
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u/theindigobleu Aug 29 '24
Which is fine!!! Just not when you're pretending to be this "All-American/America First Values" family hellbent on, and I'ma say the quiet part out loud so there's no dogwhistles, deporting brown people :|
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u/SqudgyFez Aug 29 '24
I mean, it's probably not fine. It's probably more like human trafficking.
But yeah, no shade on sex workers.
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u/theindigobleu Aug 29 '24
Ya know, you have a point about...the "regulations" around sex work...🫱🏻🫲🏼 My lil brain likes to pretend everyone is a good person and that everything is always consensual unless told otherwise. That's, unfortunately, very naïve of me 😞
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u/SqudgyFez Aug 30 '24
nah I figured that's where you were coming from; was more just adding on <3
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u/theindigobleu Aug 30 '24
ofc! :) we love clarification and information over here! ( ꈍᴗꈍ)
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u/Burt1811 Aug 29 '24
Which could be interpreted as a spy if you're that way inclined.
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u/A_Nude_Challenger Aug 30 '24
Wouldn't be shocked in the slightest if we learn in a few years that she was Trump's handler for certain affairs.
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u/PointOk4473 Aug 29 '24
More like Frankenstein visa
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u/-jp- Aug 29 '24
Frankenstein was a doctor.
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u/eatingicecream Aug 30 '24
Maybe the real doctor was the Frankensteins we made along the way.
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u/dexbasedpaladin Aug 30 '24
He was also a body builder
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u/Magdalan Aug 30 '24
Ok, I just spat out my tea. You owe me a new screen. I'll send you a Tikkie like the Dutchie I am.
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u/reddit_sucks_clit Aug 30 '24 edited Aug 30 '24
wanna get pedantic? lets get pedantic!
he was a scientist. it never mentions him being a doctor in the original, or referring to himself as a doctor
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u/sinz84 Aug 30 '24
Ohhhh pedantic I'm in, you are thinking doctor in thr medical field, to be an official scientist he would have a doctorate and would have the title dr anyway
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u/PinchingNutsack Aug 30 '24
pedantic lets go! you actually do not need a phd to publish any scientific research!
it would give you more credibility probably with phd and it is generally agreed that you should have one, but it is actually not required
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u/JohnDodger Aug 30 '24
And then she had her anchor baby and got her parents residency fast tracked.
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u/HumanContinuity Aug 30 '24
I can't wait to wear my, "I really don't care, do u?" Coat on the day she and Musk get deported.
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u/Kenyalite Aug 29 '24
Yes, but you see...
He was a white South African whose dad would drop him off at school in a Rolls Royce in the middle of a crime against humanity.
So it's different.
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u/gmano Aug 30 '24 edited Aug 30 '24
Even worse than that, he dropped out of school because he couldn't complete the physics courses, then stuck around in the US on his Dad's dime (dad and dad's friends 'invested' $2M with him and his brother erroll) and then got his rich connections to set him up with a BS degree in Economics later on.
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u/IsThatHearsay Aug 29 '24
And I don't believe he ever even graduated, his degrees are honorary awarded after the fact
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u/kombatunit Aug 29 '24
I hear it was Dr. Nicky's Upstairs School of Law.
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u/Select_Locksmith5894 Aug 29 '24
I thought naturalized citizens had to pass some sort of civics test, but apparently not.
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u/Weareallme Aug 29 '24
Yeah, Dunning-Kruger is strong in that one. Both of them actually. The smarter they think they are...
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u/JimWilliams423 Aug 30 '24
Yeah, Dunning-Kruger is strong in that one. Both of them actually. The smarter they think they are...
Its not D-K, its just textbook narcissism. Deep down inside they feel like total losers, typically due to childhood neglect. The worse the narcissism, the more insecure they feel. The only way they can feel good about themselves is if other people validate them. So they spend their time either puffing themselves up or tearing down people they think are better than them. Both are strategies to increase their relative status so that others will validate that they are smart and strong.
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u/Spiritual_Navigator Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24
He is a"self learner" that thinks he knows the law better than a lawyer
Very weird behavior
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u/Son0fSanf0rd Aug 29 '24
You know what makes you an actual criminal?
Being convicted of 34 felonies.
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u/The-Machinist- Aug 29 '24
I'd venture after seeing the rollout of the cyber-truck, Melon isn't too far behind from being a criminal himself.
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u/Ok-Macaroon-7819 Aug 29 '24
Lmao... in the nearly impossible event that I actually meet him personally, I am so pronouncing his name "Ellen". When he tries to correct me, I'd say "Oh for goodness' sake. It's not pronounced 'water-MEE-lon'..."
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u/Temporary-Rice-2141 Aug 30 '24
A classmate once got mad at me for calling him Melon Usk. He was a little bitch, I don't think that was a coincidence
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u/MateoCafe Aug 30 '24
Legitimate question, what do you think Elon could be convicted for in relation to the cyber truck?
Is it a POS for sure, but with the amount of protections that are given to corporations and the fact that as far as engineering wise he is probably only credited as a designer and likely the specific documentation signing away certain rights in order to purchase the cyber pos I highly doubt he ends up convicted of something.
I would more likely expect him to get hit by the EU for Twitter before he gets indicted by the US on anything.
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u/The-Machinist- Aug 30 '24
Fraud. He made fraudulent statements about the truck that just aren't true. He'll likely never be convicted of anything mostly because the US has spineless prosecutors.
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u/Some1_35 Aug 29 '24
With his 34 felonies, there is something special for him, for more information, please Google Trump rule 34
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u/skillywilly56 Aug 29 '24
You go straight to hell, no purgatory for you, straight to the testicle roasting pit!
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u/thatthatguy Aug 29 '24
But everyone knows that if you are rich enough, or at least have rich enough friends, that none of those pesky rules for mere mortals apply to you any more. Immigration is something peasants worry about.
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u/BusinessNonYa Aug 30 '24
34 felonies so far. He's collecting felonies like marbles.
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u/Additional-Lion4184 Aug 30 '24
I always say "he's collecting felonies like pokemon cards"
Glad to see others have a similar quip lol
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Aug 29 '24
Maybe now is a good time to remind everyone that Musk was likely an illegal immigrant himself.
He came to the U.S. on an F-1 visa in 1992 and attended UPenn. With very limited exceptions you are not allowed to work on an F-1 visa. Elon graduated from UPenn in 1995 (allegedly; his degrees were not awarded until 1997) and allegedly enrolled in Stanford in 1995, although the school has no record of him and he claims he left after two days. In any event, Musk stopped being a student in the fall of 1995, meaning his F-1 visa would have become invalid after 30 days.
In the meantime, Musk founded Zip2 on November 6, 1995.
So either Elon was working on an F-1 visa (not allowed) or his visa expired and he stayed in the U.S. working without legal status.
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u/kaprifool Aug 30 '24
There's a video with him and his brother where his brother is laughing about people funding their first company despite them being "illegal immigrants" at the time (with Elon protesting saying it was "more of a gray area").
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u/TooMuchJuju Aug 30 '24
Oh? Anyone have a link? I have an immigrant-hating, Elon-loving dipshit to send that to.
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u/vbcbandr Aug 30 '24
His brother goes on to say, "yes, yes we were [illegal immigrants]", to which Musk laughs.
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u/West_Corgi8126 Aug 30 '24
You can work on an F1 visa with OPT (I did it).
Not sure what the legislation was back then though.
Optional practical training (OPT) is temporary employment that is directly related to an F-1 student’s major area of study. Eligible students can apply to receive up to 12 months of OPT employment authorization before completing their academic studies (pre-completion) and/or after completing their academic studies (post-completion).
Disclaimer: I hate Elon, but let’s not spread misinformation.
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u/wan2tri Aug 30 '24
His early companies have tenuous connections to his BA Physics and BS Economics degrees. And in the case of Tesla, he started there as an investor, not as a founder. His internships are with Silicon Valley start-ups too, but he wasn't a Computer Science nor an Engineering student then...
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u/surfnsound Aug 30 '24
Is being an investor considered employment though?
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u/wan2tri Aug 30 '24
It's moreso that Tesla is the first instance where his Physics degree could at least have a direct connection, especially compared to his Economics degree and online banking/payments (the original X.com and PayPal), rather than a question of employment.
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u/EtTuBiggus Aug 30 '24 edited Aug 30 '24
BA Physics
when you really like physics, but the math is too difficult for you.
lolEdit: Old schools are weird. They also don't seem to offer a major in just "Physics". Perhaps they did in the 90s.
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u/TacticalVirus Aug 30 '24
Hey now, no need to shit on a perfectly acceptable bachelor's just because you want to dunk on Musk...
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I don't think it's misinformation to speculate about Elon's former immigration status. As others have noted, the OPT program would have had only a tenuous connection to physics and economics and it was only started in 1992.
But there's also a video interview from 2013 of Elon and Kimball on which Kimbal says they were illegal immigrants. Elon tries to laughingly interject that it was "a grey area" before Kimbal sort of sush-es him and reaffirms that they were illegal.
https://qz.com/elon-musk-illegal-immigration-tesla-video-1851379406
Is it possible that Elon has an OPT status which allowed him to build Zip2, a company which had little connection to his majors when he wasn't enrolled in school and hadn't been issued his degrees yet? It's possible. But I think it sort of stretches the limits of credulity and there's is no reason to give Musk the benefit of the doubt here.
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u/Lets_Kick_Some_Ice Aug 30 '24
An immigrant is an "illegal" only if they cross the border again after being removed through formal proceedings. The first instance is an administrative violation, the repeat is when it is a federal crime.
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u/3lettergang Aug 30 '24
It's still illegal the first time, it's a civil offense with the punishment of deportation.
It's the same way speeding is illegal. you aren't labeled a criminal for getting a ticket because it's a civil offense. It doesn't become illegal the second time you get a ticket
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u/cloudaffair Aug 30 '24
I agree -- Illegal isn't just crimes. But I have encountered other lawyers who believe if incarceration isn't on the table, it isn't illegal.
Take the US flag code as an example. You cannot be punished criminally or civilly for not complying with it because of the 1st amendment, but it is still a law and not complying with it makes the counter action an "illegal" one.
Most cities do not enforce jaywalking (an actual crime) but they certainly could, just because it isn't enforced doesn't mean some pedestrian didn't commit an illegal act.
A person in the US who is here without permission, regardless if they overstayed a visa or crossed into the country without documentation has broken the law.
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u/Obant Aug 30 '24
Before the whole fearmongering of Republicans, cities in Texas used to have bridges to Mexico where hundreds of workers would wait until the gates opened every morning, then walk across into the US for work and return to Mexico every night. All they needed was a simple paper saying they worked there. Then, I forget if it was Reagan or Nixon, one of those demons, decided to fearmonger the "others" and blame them for the economy when in actuality it was the Republicans' shitty policies.
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u/zSprawl Aug 30 '24
And while we don't formally invite them back quite the same way, them being here is vital for our economy. If they all disappeared for one reason or another, we would like go into a recession, and possibly a depression.
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u/Sad_Instruction1392 Aug 29 '24
After this it’s time for Elon to do his totally smart guy fingers touching his lips pose and say “interesting you would say that.” and have about five million morons talk about how he’s a genius.
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u/anavriN-oN Aug 29 '24
Please note that this is the actual intelligence of Elon Musk.
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u/Sprzout Aug 29 '24
One would think that a prosecutor might know a thing about law...
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u/Square_Site8663 Aug 29 '24
Whaaaaaat?
Noooooo.
That doesn’t make any sense.
Silly rabbit. Tricks are for idiots!
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u/GrapefruitForward989 Aug 29 '24
Not if you believe that her entire career has been blow jobs because you can't possibly conceive of a woman doing a high-level job.
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u/Sprzout Aug 29 '24
Hence why the South African born rich white kid is trying to make comments about politics.
Thank the laws that Musk can't run for President...
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u/firebunbun Aug 30 '24
Educate me. This isn't a republican gotcha, I'm just confused about the laws in place here.
I thought being an illegal immigrant was a crime in and of itself? Isn't that why they can deport you when they find you?
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u/eofa Aug 29 '24
I'm all for undocumented people going through the process that every other country has for citizenship. That being said, what if companies were told, if you have undocumented workers, you'll be fined $1million dollars and your company seized. How fast would the conversation change by corporate America?
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u/RucITYpUti Aug 30 '24
They also rely on underpaid immigrant labor to keep prices low and profits high.
Republican donors freaked out last year when Desantis actually did crack down on hiring immigrants.
https://www.vox.com/2023/5/17/23725952/ron-desantis-immigration-law-florida
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u/FblthpLives Aug 30 '24 edited Aug 30 '24
Fun fact 1: Immigrants, both legal and illegal, are far less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans: https://news.wisc.edu/undocumented-immigrants-far-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-in-u-s-than-citizens/
Fun fact 2: Immigrants, both legal and illegal, have positive wage effects on all socioeconomic groups among native-born Americans except one – high-school dropouts: https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/economic-and-fiscal-impact-of-immigration
Fun fact 3: The largest source number of undocumented immigrants are visa overstays, which constitutes unlawful presence: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/686056668/for-seventh-consecutive-year-visa-overstays-exceeded-illegal-border-crossings
Fun fact 4: Unlawful presence in the United States is not a crime: https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/criminal-defense/is-illegal-immigration-a-crime-improper-entry-v-unlawful-presence/
Fun fact 5: Under U.S. and international law, every migrant has the right to seek asylum irrespective of their immigration status: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1158
Fun fact 6: According to his brother Kimball, Elon Musk was an illegal immigrant: https://qz.com/elon-musk-illegal-immigration-tesla-video-1851379406
Fun fact 7: In the first year that Musk took over Twitter, ad revenues dropped by 54%: https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/musk-twitter-x-acquisition-one-year-user-revenue-decline-1235770297/
Fun fact 8: Twitter's ad revenues are still dropping in 2024: https://qz.com/twitter-x-ad-revenue-tumbles-elon-musk-grok-1851624340
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u/liamanna Aug 29 '24
Not all immigrants inherited $500 million from their Nazi dad…
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u/Cheap-Addition-8004 Aug 30 '24
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u/ColoRadBro69 Aug 29 '24
Calling immigrants "illegals" is 100% about dehumanizing them.
It's usually done by the "I'm voting for the felon" crowd.
That guy stole classified documents and kept them in the bathroom. He tried to overthrow an election. Most of his inner circle wound up in prison. It's not about the law.
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u/OrcsSmurai Aug 29 '24
Keeping the documents concerning US nuclear and military secrets in the bathroom would have been concerning, but of far more concern are the folders that were found empty and the incidents we know of where he shared those secrets with people who had absolutely no legal right or need for them, and the fact that we have no idea who else he shared those secrets with who were more circumspect in receiving them. There's a significant chance that trump sold secrets to the enemies of America.
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u/ProtoReaper23113 Aug 29 '24
I mean if I had to nuke a place I'd be shitting my pants./s I'll see myself out
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u/Nerd_Man420 Aug 29 '24
We try and brush the war on drugs under the table and forget that we are the reason those “illegals” are fighting for survival in the first place. But we don’t like to talk about that.
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u/MagmulGholrob Aug 29 '24
C’mon, who you gonna believe? President THE DONALD, or the FBI written documents, photos and film of the stolen items in his house?
Trust me, Bro.
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u/Bad2bBiled Aug 30 '24
Funny that Musk was here illegally for a while. Entered under the rich kid student visa and then didn’t go to school.
Can we retroactively deport him?
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u/mynamejulian Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24
Muskrat’s own brother admitted they were both “illegal immigrants”
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u/BlondBisxalMetalhead Aug 29 '24
The thing that a lot of conservatives don’t get is that, in order for someone to apply for refugee status, they have to cross the international border of the country they want to apply in. That means crossing “illegally”/ without the proper paperwork. Because the paperwork process for applying for asylum can only be started once they’re IN the country.
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u/HardCoverTurnedSoft Aug 29 '24
They dont get it because they dont care. They DO NOT care about the well being of people coming here to work for a better life. They DO NOT care how the farming industry in America is desperately offering jobs to white americans that then go ignored. They DO NOT care that immigrants put food on their ivory tables. ||
Republicans are racist, ignorant, vile pieces of shit.
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u/Plane_Lucky Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24
Entering the US without inspection / being admitted is a crime. Being here is not. A lot of undocumented immigrants overstayed their visa (illegal). Seems like there’s a lot of misinformation in here.
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u/hike_me Aug 29 '24
Overstaying a visa is a civil violation, not a criminal offense
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Right. It's illegal to enter the U.S. without authorization. Simply being in the U.S. without authorization is a civil infraction. People who overstay their visas account for about 2/3 of undocumented immigrants.
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u/Plane_Lucky Aug 29 '24
That’s what I said. DHS did propose making staying in the US a criminal offense last year but there haven’t been changes in the law currently.
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u/Nice-Needleworker320 Aug 29 '24
One day we’ll wake up to the headline that he OD’d on ket in his sleep. Well I can dream.
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u/Randomdickjoke Aug 29 '24
Isn't Elon from South Africa he's an immigrant
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u/Naps_and_cheese Aug 29 '24
Who actually overstayed his student visa. He is an illegal immigrant by his own definition.
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u/truncheon88 Aug 29 '24
Yes, because some nepo bitch boy knows law better than a top DA and attorney general for one of the largest states.
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u/thep1x Aug 29 '24
by their logic literally everyone who speeds is a criminal, yes you are breaking the law but does it give you a criminal record
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u/Satinsbestfriend Aug 30 '24
So wait, if you enter the country illegally, isn't that a crime ? I'm not American and the way some people talk I thought it was?
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u/cobaltbluetony Aug 30 '24
Not all illegal acts are criminal. This is why civics and government need to be taught better in schools.
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u/linuxelf Aug 30 '24
I had this discussion with my brother-in-law. He said he believed that having your children taken away and maybe never seeing them again was an appropriate punishment for the grievous crime of entering the country without going through the official methods. I let him know that, at most, you'll probably only be cited for a misdemeanor for illegal entrance. It was only a few hours later he was talking about how he liked to illegally download movies from torrents. I asked if he thought that crime, which unlike seeking asylum in the US is an actual crime, should result in having his children taken away, and he thought my question ridiculous.
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u/FblthpLives Aug 30 '24
Wait until he finds out that most undocumented immigrants are visa overstays, which is not even a misdemeanor, it is a violation.
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u/Dat_One_Vibe Aug 29 '24
Is it not? Why?
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u/cjmar41 Aug 29 '24 edited Aug 29 '24
Seeking asylum at a port of entry is a legal way of entering the United States. 2/3 of the people crossing the border are asylum seekers.
Overstaying a visa or being in the US is a civil issue, not a criminal issue.
For the people who do enter the US under the radar, they may have committed a crime entering the country but, there isn’t a legal mechanism for a criminal conviction, instead the action the US takes to deport them is a civil action.
At that point, the use of the word “criminal” becomes a semantics debate. I have tried drugs, I once drove a car really fast on an empty road (not while trying drugs). I have once or twice in my younger years maybe have driven home from dinner after having a beer or two more than I should have. I would hardly consider myself a criminal… but I suppose one could argue that I am if they were being disingenuous.
Generally, criminals are people who perpetually break laws. People who wake up and break laws. A drug dealer is a criminal. The person who tries a drug once, is not.
Taking the semantics debate even further (and from a more legal angle and less from a social opinion of language application) one could argue that people only become criminals once they are convicted, as the constitution affords everyone the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. If you are not convicted of a crime, you’re technically still not a criminal, even if you’ve been accused of committing a crime. Constitutional rights extend to undocumented immigrants, therefore, they are legally not criminals unless they’re convicted to being here illegally, which they can’t be convicted for because it’s not a criminal matter.
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u/DandelionOfDeath Oh no. Anyway. Aug 29 '24
It is illegal to secretly enter the country without admission, but once you've been admitted, there's a wait to actually get the papers (or be denied papers).
It's perfectly legal to stay in the country during that time.
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u/mrmaweeks Aug 29 '24
Said the guy who thinks a cybertruck is worth 6 figures. lol
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u/Wild_Obligation Aug 29 '24
All of this coming from a guy who isn’t even American & was born in S.Africa. Not questioning his legal status but it’s funny he’s on Magas team when he isn’t even America.
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u/SuperFaulty Aug 29 '24
Just imagine a world where these people really cared about facts and law and the Constitution and truth and logic and common sense... (I know, I'm being delusional...)
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u/spaghettinik Aug 29 '24
How about your actual rust bucket invention that looks like a child’s drawing
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u/Charming-Command3965 Aug 29 '24
MF needs to up the ketamine dose. Consciousnesses has not expanded enough
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u/Economy-Owl-5720 Aug 29 '24
20m views versus less than 36k. Damn Musk must really be pushing his tweets to literally the whole user base now to get that number constantly
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u/dover_oxide Aug 29 '24
Yeah many people think it's a criminal act when in reality it's a civil one which is why immigration courts are ran by the same people who run the immigration enforcement. And crazy enough the "Judge" of your immigration case could have no legal background but worked as an enforcement officer before becoming a "judge".
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u/Closefacts Aug 29 '24
So musk is going back almost a decade into Kamala's tweets looking for something and this was the best he could get?
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u/Wardogs96 Aug 29 '24
I'm so confused doesn't musk want cheap workers that he can drain dry with cheap labor rates??? I'm so baffled by rich capitalists trying to destroy a source of cheap labor their empires survive on...
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u/Terrible_Yak_4890 Aug 30 '24
It may be illegal to double park, but it is not a crime to double park.
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u/Quelonius Aug 30 '24
Wasn't he at some point an illegal immigrant because he dropped out of school while being on a student visa?
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u/HunterNo7593 Aug 30 '24
Elon himself was an undocumented immigrant in the US at one point in time; but, being the personification of hypocrisy, it is not surprising at all that he keeps babbling such nonsense
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u/Party_07 Aug 30 '24
I really wish blond people would begin migrating in masse to the US, illegally of course, just so I could see the racists outing themselves, because I bet my two kidneys that if the immigrants were the splitting image of Hitler's perfect race the reaction to their illegal migration wouldn't be half as harsh, and that is if there would be any complaints at all
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u/Dapper-Sandwich3790 Aug 30 '24
Canadians Neil Young and Michael J. Fox have each admitted to being in the US without proper documentation at some point.
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u/Affectionate_Lab_131 Aug 30 '24
It will be just like when they all came over in boats and simply had to pass quarantine. If they had money for the ticket, they became citizens.
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u/IndependentOwn1184 Aug 30 '24
If he doesn't like our laws, he should go back to where he came from.
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u/HippoPebo Aug 29 '24
Kinda weird for an immigrant to not know how it works
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u/clive_bigsby Aug 30 '24
He knows how it works, he just also knows that 95% of his followers won't know that's how it works.
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u/dafuqbroh Aug 30 '24
It’s Vice President Kamala Harris, not Kamala. She’s not your friend, or acquaintance. She’s the Vice President.
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u/Duk3Puk3m Aug 29 '24
As someone who arrived as an undocumented immigrant, you'd think Musk would know the difference...
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u/IM_OSCAR_dot_com Aug 29 '24
On the one side, a former state attorney general, US Senator and Vice President
On the other side, some fucking guy
Shame we’ll never know who’s right on this matter of law
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u/mabhatter Aug 30 '24
As a state attorney general she knows that citizenship and immigration status are federal responsibilities. States are generally supposed to butt out. They're not state crimes and even federally immigration is treated more as a civil matter than a criminal one until you break the rules too many times.
it's officially less than ninety days til the election. The rolls are not Supposed to be purged after this time. Republicans know this and continue to make false reports of illegals voting when its a very rare thing.
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u/JimWilliams423 Aug 30 '24
When donold chump was in charge of immigration, the typical punishment was a $10 fine.
That's less than the fine for jaywalking in some jurisdictions. I wonder why we never hear maga complain about jaywalking? Its a total mystery.
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u/Odys Aug 30 '24
They really need to dig extremely deep (2017) to come up with this "dirt". Tip: maybe Harris failed some elementary school test you can use in your campaign? "Ah look! Harris scored a "C" for music when she was 8! And you think she's fit for president?"
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u/5exy-melon Aug 30 '24
He knows that South Africa is no longer an apartheid state right?
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u/Tsunkatse Aug 30 '24
I love how this dipshit is so up his own ass he thinks he knows the law better than a lawyer with as long and prestigious a career as VP Harris.
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u/Zazmuth Aug 30 '24
I believe the word of the affluent blood diamond Afrikaner with the incredibly meaty face.
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u/AutoDeskSucks- Aug 30 '24
Papers Elon, where's your papers. Press should ask this everytime he shows his smug face.
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u/SinisterBarrister Aug 30 '24
Watching this exchange... You fckin redditors, giving me hope in the decency of the human race once again. Damn you. <3
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