What about those illegal migrants Elon Musk used in his companies?

“You come to this country yearning to work to be able to help your family. So sometimes, you keep your head down and you put up with situations that you shouldn’t put up with,” Christy says. But over time, “you start realizing that you have rights.” That realization inspired her to file complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), accusing her employer of unsafe working conditions and retaliation.

Undocumented workers have had a constant presence in Musk’s companies. According to Bloomberg’s investigation, there was presence of such workers in 2020, a time when the billionaire CEO was a largely apolitical figure. They were there in 2023, the year Musk traveled to Eagle Pass, Texas, and surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border in a black cowboy hate. And they continued to be there in 2024 as he threw his weight behind Trump’s election campaign….

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Musk’s own citizenship has been questioned— and protested— as his influence in Washington grows, given that he is also an immigrant from South Africa. Musk became a citizen in 2002 after moving to the U.S. to study at the University of Pennsylvania….

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