Reference Message Network reported on June 8 that the Newsweek website published an article titled "Will Trump Deport Musk" on June 6. The author is James Bickerton. The following are excerpts from the article:

Stephen Bannon has called for Musk to be expelled from the United States. This tech billionaire had a fierce conflict with President Trump.

In the "War Room" podcast program on May 5, the former chief strategist of the White House during Trump's first term said: "They should launch a formal investigation into Musk's immigration status because I firmly believe he is an illegal immigrant and should be immediately deported."

In October 2024, The Washington Post published an article stating that Musk founded a company in 1995 while holding a student visa, thus "working illegally in the United States," and he never fulfilled his promise to attend Stanford University.

The report said in an email used in a defamation lawsuit in 2005, Musk admitted that he applied to Stanford University because he had "no legal right to stay in the U.S." otherwise.

Former President Biden mentioned this incident at a campaign event: "The world's richest man once worked here as an illegal laborer."

Soon after the report was released, Musk posted on social platform X to deny the allegations. He said: "In fact, I am authorized to work in the United States."

Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1971, moved to Canada in 1989, went to the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. in 1992, and became an American citizen through naturalization in 2002.

U.S. law states that if citizenship is obtained by "concealing important facts or intentional false statements," such citizenship can be revoked.

Professor Stephen Yale-Learner, an expert in immigration law at Cornell University Law School, said that if the allegations of illegal work are true, "this alone is sufficient legal grounds to revoke citizenship."

However, Niayma Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, believes that it would be difficult for the Trump administration to deprive Musk of his U.S. citizenship in practice.

He said: "It would be very difficult for the Trump administration to deport Musk, who became a naturalized citizen. The only way is through the legal process of revoking citizenship. The government must prove that the applicant lied or committed fraud during the application or naturalization process to revoke their status. Subsequently, if the person regains their original citizenship, they may be subject to deportation, but this rarely happens."

He said: "Even if there is evidence of fraud, it must be 'intentional' and 'substantial,' meaning it must have been done intentionally and have a direct impact on the decision to grant citizenship. This threshold is high."

He said: "Judges are usually reluctant to revoke citizenship. Revoking citizenship has traditionally only been used in extreme cases, such as concealing war crimes by Nazis. If the Trump administration attempts to revoke Musk's citizenship, it will face a tough legal battle." (Translated by Zhu Jie)

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