‘Seeking Asylum is Legal’: AOC Calls Out Musk for Unfounded Anti-Immigration Claim
By Jake Beardslee ·
March 31, 2024
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has fired back at tech mogul Elon Musk for making an unfounded claim about Democrats' immigration stance. The Royal Society/nrkbeta/Wikimedia
Musk had shared a headline from The Daily Callersuggesting the Biden administration was considering amnesty for undocumented immigrants, captioning it with the assertion that Democrats want to "import voters," in a post on X. Justin Pacheco/Wikimedia
Ocasio-Cortez responded, "You're literally an immigrant," noting that Musk himself was born in South Africa before moving to Canada and then the United States. nrkbeta/Wikimedia
She added, "And for everyone saying 'yeah, but legal!!' may I once again remind you that seeking asylum is legal, too." nrkbeta/Wikimedia
Neither the headline Musk shared nor the accompanying article mentioned anything about "importing voters" as he claimed. U.S. Air Force / Trevor Cokley/Wikimedia
This wasn't the first clash between the two over immigration. NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs/Wikimedia
Last September, Musk dismissed Ocasio-Cortez as "just not that smart" after she said more migrants historically entered through Ellis Island than were currently crossing the Rio Grande illegally. UK Government/Wikimedia
Ocasio-Cortez responded, "I wasn't born rich and became the youngest woman in American history to be elected to Congress...Then I investigated Cohen, authored the largest FEMA funeral assistance program in history and led creation of a US Climate Corps to create tens of thousands of new jobs." nrkbeta/Wikimedia
Musk recently visited the US-Mexico border with Republican congressman Tony Gonzales. US House of Representatives/House Creative Services/Wikimedia
During the visit, Musk claimed, "We are in this absurd situation where the vast majority of people are not in fact asylum seekers - you can actually read on Google in any language you want what are the magic words you need to say." Ministério Das Comunicações/Wikimedia
Ocasio-Cortez critcized Musk and Gonzales, tweeting, "The House is holding important votes in DC tonight, people are scrambling to avoid a shutdown, but this Republican Congressman decided to skip town to joyride with a billionaire when his own party has just a single-digit margin and needs his vote." nrkbeta/Wikimedia
