What is Elon Musk’s immigration status, and are people really calling the ICE hotline to report him?
The Trump administration is cracking down hard on immigration, even though the president’s “first buddy” Elon Musk, leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is originally from South Africa.
On January 28, satirical X account The Halfway Post posted a tweet that said: “BREAKING: ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.” The tweet went viral, and has been viewed over six million times so far.
This is, unsurprisingly given the nature of the account, a joke.
However, it shone a light on the curious immigration history of the controversial Tesla CEO, with Google searches for the term “Elon Musk illegal status” spiking in the wake of the
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