Here's why Elon Musk may have his U.S. citizenship revoked

Tech billionaire Musk campaigned in support of Donald Trump, who has incited a crackdown on illegal immigration, but the Washington Post reported that he also lied to U.S. immigration authorities.

US legal experts say Elon Musk could have his US citizenship revoked if he lies to immigration authorities. In addition, the tech billionaire may also be prosecuted for providing false information, according to Wired.

How's it going?

The 53-year-old was born and raised in South Africa, immigrated to Canada as a young man, later settled in the United States and eventually obtained U.S. citizenship.

Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that Musk himself violated the law. It is alleged that he worked illegally in the United States in the 1990s, citing “former business partners, court documents and company documents.”

According to reports, Musk was admitted to the prestigious Stanford University in California in 1995, but did not take any courses there. Instead, he founded a start-up company later called Zip2 with his brother Kimbal Musk.

What's the problem?

Musk himself has repeatedly denied working illegally in the United States.

The problem: In a 2005 email used as evidence in a now-concluded libel trial in California, he admitted that he applied to Stanford because otherwise he “had no right to remain in the United States.”

Legal experts who spoke to Wired now explain that people who were in the U.S. on student visas and not taking any courses did not have the legal right to work at the time and therefore had to leave the country.

U.S. law allows revocation of naturalization if citizenship was “obtained by concealment of material facts or intentional misrepresentation of facts.” Typical examples of where the law applies are former Nazis “who ended up having their citizenship revoked in the United States after their hidden pasts were revealed.”

According to Wired, an immigrant who lies during the naturalization process may also be committing a criminal offense: Under U.S. federal law, he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

Is Musk really threatened with deportation?

It doesn't look like that.

Even if Musk breaks the law, he won't be immediately deported. It is often quite difficult to revoke someone's citizenship due to relatively minor violations that occurred decades ago.

Wired points out that during Donald Trump’s presidency, the U.S. government has done much more to strip American citizens of their citizenship than before.

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