Elon Musk on the government shutdown: " this giant magnet to attract illegals from every part of Earth to these states — if that is turned off, the illegals will leave. Because they're no longer being paid to come to the United States and stay here."

Elon Musk on the government shutdown: "The reason you have the standoff is because if the hundreds of billions of dollars to create a financial incentive — to have this giant magnet to attract illegals from every part of Earth to these states — if that is turned off, the illegals… pic.twitter.com/0QmhXiEs3S

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