The reason this is relevant is because he has spent the better part of a year complaining about “illegal immigrants” who are “invading” the country. But an old video from 2013 resurfaced on Saturday that appears to show the billionaire admitting he was at one point building his small business in the country illegally, describing it as a “gray area.”

*Edit: typo

  • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    You need the context. He’s an illegal immigrant yes but he’s also rich and white from an area of the world where he was probably raised with a sense of entitlement being Afrikaans from South Africa. When he was growing up black people were essentially a slave class and like many rich white people his family profited in part off of that.

    So keep in mind he’s the “right” type of illegal immigrant.

    • Deway@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      White people are never illegal immigrants, they simply made an administrative mistake. Unless they’re from Eastern Europe. Then they are all dirty illegals.