Elon Musk was an illegal immigrant when he started his first company

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

30% : The entrepreneur (pictured with Trump in October) did not leave the US when he violated the terms of his visa, and stayed in the country as an illegal immigrant to start his first company Zip2 - a moment in his impressive career that he simply calls a 'gray area'Musk has made it his mission to help Trump amplify his claims that an 'open border' and the influx of two million immigrants that have crossed the Southern border into the US in the last 12 months has destroyed America (pictured: Eagle Pass, TX, in September 2023)It's a little-known fact that Musk has largely kept under wraps when he retells his success story, which includes the successful - albeit controversial - acquisition of Twitter, which he later renamed X.Musk has also had his hands in the cofounding of PayPal, which was offloaded to eBay for $1.5billion in 2002; the acquisition of SolarCity, which was owned by his cousins; and co-founding OpenAI in 2015 before he left the board in 2018.Zip2, his first creation, was sold to Compaq Computer Corporation in 1999 for $300million, according to The Washington Post.
8% : South Africa-born Elon Musk (pictured in a MAGA hat in October) has become a vocal critic of illegal immigrationAlthough Musk, now 53, (pictured in 2004) entered the country legally on a student visa to Stanford in 1995, he never actually enrolled in the prestigious California school, which should have prompted his immediate exit from the country as he had no legal right to stayRead More Elon Musk JUMPS on stage to join Trump as he re-enacts ex-president's 'fight, fight, fight' momentMusk has made it his mission to help Trump amplify his claims that an 'open border' and the influx of 2million immigrants that have crossed the Southern border into the US in the last 12 months has destroyed America.

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