Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again voiced his support for making legal immigration easier and quicker.
What Happened: On Monday, Musk responded to a post by Sriram Krishnan on X where he posted one of the episodes of his podcast, “The Aarthi and Sriram Show.”
In the episode, Krishnan and his co-host Aarthi Ramamurthy discuss the hardships of immigration of skilled labor, the paranoia of getting one’s visa rejected and being asked to leave the country and how the issue is often “bundled up” with illegal immigration, making it difficult to solve.
Musk responded, “We need to make legal immigration much easier and faster.”
Why It Matters: This isn’t the first time Musk has expressed such views. He has previously highlighted the importance of simplifying the immigration process for skilled individuals, and has criticized the current system for being “bizarrely difficult and agonizingly slow.”
He has also criticized policies that he believes encourage illegal immigration. For instance, he slammed New York City’s $53 million pilot program to provide prepaid debit cards to illegal immigrants, arguing that it taxes citizens to give money to illegal immigrants.
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