Elon Musk: “If Somebody Is Hard-Working, Honest, and Admires the Culture — Let Them In”

Elon Musk: If somebody is really hard-working, has high integrity, and admires the culture, let them in.

“I'm very much in favor of legal immigration. I think that generally one should welcome to a country anyone who is willing to work hard and is honest, has high integrity and will add to any given country. If somebody is an asset to the country, why not have them join? That is obviously a great thing to do.

So, I think it's good actually to have an increase in legal immigration, with some approval process with the simple requirement that if somebody is going to add to a country, is really hard-working and has high integrity, let them in. I think that's great. But if it's illegal immigration and there's no filter, well, how do you know who's coming? You don't know.

So, you have to have some basis for saying somebody should come in or not come in. My argument is it should be a very simple basis. Will they add to the country, will they be a productive part of the economy and do they admire the culture? Do they want to join because of the culture? Then, that's great. But if, you know, if there's no process for that, then you don't know. If there's no process for reviewing, not at all, then how can you say that everyone who is an illegal immigrant is going to be honest and hard-working? You can't say that because you simply don't know.

So, I want to be clear. Top line, pro immigration, but let's increase legal immigration and stop illegal immigration. I think this is just logical.”

From: Atreju Meeting in Rome, December 23, 2023