(Gage Skidmore)
During a late March town hall event in Green Bay, Wisconsin — where Elon Musk is stumping for the right-wing candidate, Brad Schimel, in an expensive state Supreme Court race — the billionaire Tesla/SpaceX/X.com leader discussed immigration with Antonio Gracias, one of his colleges at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Musk and Gracias discussed a chart showing the number of non-U.S. Citizens who receive Social Security numbers.
"This is a mind-blowing chart," Musk told Gracias — implying that something sinister was happening.
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But journalist Tanvi Misra, in a thread posted on X.com, formerly Twitter, on March 31, offered some context.
Misra tweeted, "Yes you can get a [SNN] when you get work authorization on a visa because it allows you to pay taxes!"
Many non-citizens are legally working in the United States, and as legal residents with a visa, they are given Social Security numbers.
In her thread, Misra pointed out that they pay taxes but won't have the right to vote unless they obtain citizenship.
Misra posted, "You can't vote with a social!.... This is not shocking. It proves that non-citizens contribute to the US tax base, even though they get next to nothing in return."
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