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Tech titan Elon Musk, in a swipe at the Joe Biden administration, said the US had an “upside down” immigration policy while responding to a post by Perplexity AI CEO, who recounted his ongoing three-year wait for a green card. Musk, underscoring that it had become hard for highly talented people to come to America legally, said Donald Trump would “fix it” if he won the presidential election.
“We have an upside down system that makes it hard for highly talented people to come to America legally, but trivial for criminals to come here illegally. Why is it easier to get in illegally as a murderer than legally as a Nobel Laureate?” the SpaceX CEO tweeted.
Musk, who has endorsed Trump, has amplified the Republican presidential candidate’s claims that “open borders” and undocumented immigrants were destroying America.
Musk’s response was to a post on X by Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas, who recounted the challenges faced by immigrants while seeking a US residency permit. “I have been waiting for my green card for like the last 3 years. Still haven’t gotten it. People mostly have no idea when they talk about immigration,” Srinivas tweeted.
A green card allows a person to live and work in the United States permanently.
Srinivas’s remark came amid an online discussion on the lengthy and complex process of acquiring permanent residency in the US. The debate was started by Rohit Krishnan, the chief product officer at bodo.ai.
“One thing I find about the immigrants’ dialogue is how few of the people make it seem to know how hard it is to actually immigrate to this country. I’ve been an immigrant 3x now and the US was by far the longest and hardest it’s been,” Krishnan tweeted.
Both the posts by Aravind Srinivas and Rohit Krishnan have gone viral, with over one million views on each since they were shared.
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