AOC skewers Elon Musk’s anti-immigrant stance with four-word tweet

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “You’re literally an immigrant,” Ms Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. Mr Musk was born and raised in South Africa — he moved to Canada in 1988 before migrating to the US. Mr Musk’s caption accompanied a headline from The Daily Caller — a right-wing media outlet — that read, “Biden Considering Granting Amnesty, Handing Out Green Cards to Illegal Immigrants.” The article cites reporting from Politico revealing the Biden administration may open up access to cancellation of removal — a process by which undocumented immigrants can become US citizens if they have lived in the country for more than ten years and have resident relatives who would suffer if they were deported. Neither article made any reference to Mr Musk’s unfounded claim that Democrats are seeking to “import voters.” This isn’t the first time Ms Ocasio-Cortez and Mr Musk have sparred on social media. “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.” At the same time, Mr Musk was on a visit to the US-Mexico border accompanied by Republican congressman Tony Gonzalez.