Undocumented Immigrants Have Been a Constant In Elon Musk's Companies, Report Shows

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, has taken a prominent role in
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being appointed Chair to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is seeking to slash public spending across the board. But as he aligns himself with the Trump administration's rhetoric on immigration and the economy, a new investigation reveals undocumented workers helped build his empire.

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recently spoke with 10 undocumented immigrant workers who said they'd been employed by outside companies to work at Tesla and SpaceX facilities in the Austin area. The migrants were quoted under a pseudonym or granted anonymity for safety reasons.

The workers had different occupations in the company. Nine of them worked on
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Gigafactory in Austin, while another one helped build a SpaceX outpost. From sweeping debris to laying plumbing and pouring concrete, these undocumented migrants were among the workers who helped build the facilities where Musk's companies now carry out their operations.

Bloomberg says they verified the workers' ties to the
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by reviewing photos and videos some had taken on the job, as well as speaking with friends and family members who confirmed details of their stories.

One of the workers, Cristy, who's now 55, started working for a Tesla subcontractor in late 2021, shortly after coming to the
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. She made $16 an hour, logging as many as 30,000 steps a day as she crisscrossed the site to fulfill her duties in heat that could reach 98F. She told Businessweek that her managers discouraged the crew from using the water stations to keep bathroom breaks to a minimum.

"You
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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
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election campaign.

Some unauthorized workers even said they had been in the company over the past months while Musk laid the plans to lead the
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in Washington, D.C.

It is not uncommon for undocumented workers to be employed in such companies, particularly when it comes to construction. In 2022, more than 507,700 immigrants worked in the construction sector in the U.S., representing 40% of all such employees. Of those workers, approximately 295,400 were undocumented, representing 23.3% of all employed workers in the industry, according to the
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However, the investigation comes as Musk, who has proclaimed himself to be "first buddy" has become one of President Trump's closest allies as he vows to carry out the largest mass deportation operation in American history. At the same time, Musk's own citizenship has been
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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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Trump has been hiring Aliens for decades, many of them legal*, some of them not.

Through one of those loopholes the billionaire's carve out for themselves.
 

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Hey Oerdin. Nice to see you around this shithole.

The Libs have a severe case of TDS. They are especially exercised over Elon Musk. I think it's a "scorned lover" kind of thing since so many Libs drive Teslas and used to love Elon Musk until their betters told them not to anymore because of, you know, trump.
 

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Hey Oerdin. Nice to see you around this shithole.

The Libs have a severe case of TDS. They are especially exercised over Elon Musk. I think it's a "scorned lover" kind of thing since so many Libs drive Teslas and used to love Elon Musk until their betters told them not to anymore because of, you know, trump.
Get a room you two.
 

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Hey Oerdin. Nice to see you around this shithole.

The Libs have a severe case of TDS. They are especially exercised over Elon Musk. I think it's a "scorned lover" kind of thing since so many Libs drive Teslas and used to love Elon Musk until their betters told them not to anymore because of, you know, trump.
I'm from a different generation. I'm not prepared to give up my internal combustion engine, first off.

At best, I was neutral regarding Elmo. I never was a fan or thought he was as relevant as contards have made him.

If I believed that aliens lived among us, Elmo, Suckerberg and Bezos would be on my list of aliens.
 
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Fun to see Reggie whine to Oerdin.

Oerdin is the BIGGEST asshole to ever walk the TK halls.

Actually got banned from wordforge which is saying something,

Finally had the balls to actually say something to me here, and not even to me.
 

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Fun to see Reggie whine to Oerdin.

Oerdin is the BIGGEST asshole to ever walk the TK halls.

Actually got banned from wordforge which is saying something,

Finally had the balls to actually say something to me here, and not even to me.
There's just something offkilter about him, a cringe vibe.
 

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Fun to see Reggie whine to Oerdin.

Oerdin is the BIGGEST asshole to ever walk the TK halls.

Actually got banned from wordforge which is saying something,

Finally had the balls to actually say something to me here, and not even to me.
Ahhh. So you're acquainted with old Oerdin. Interesting.

I shouldn't be surprised, I suppose. These forumscapes aren't as extensive as they once were.