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
    1651·
    14 days 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
    79·
    14 days 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.

      • GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
        16·
        14 days 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·
      13 days 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·
    14 days 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.

    • Smith6826@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      13 days ago

      That will only be when we The People start doing something about it.

      Wake me up when the rest of the masses have the balls to go on a general strike to halt the economy until our demands of basic human rights are met.

      The majority of people are still too comfortable, stupid, weak, afraid, brainwashed, and complacent to do anything at all, let alone something that would actually make a real impact.

      The moment all of us peasants collectively go on strike is the moment the government and billionaires start losing. Simple.

      But again, generally, people are too selfish to share others’ suffering even if it ment a better world for everyone.

      And that is the peaceful option that the masses are too complicit to even try…

    • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
      4·
      13 days 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·
      13 days 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·
        13 days 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·
    13 days ago

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

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      82·
      13 days 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·
        13 days 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·
          13 days 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·
    14 days ago

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