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Elon Musk’s comments on entitlement programs and immigration drew a formal response from an economics professor

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Elon Musk's comments on entitlement programs and immigration have been a subject of controversy and debate.

Geoffrey Sanzenbacher , an economics professor and research fellow at Boston Colleges Center for Retirement Research , gave a response based on two premises.

He stated that unauthorized immigrants are ineligible for Medicare and Social Security benefits, and his research shows little evidence of fraud, thus supporting the financial stability of these programs.

He refutes the idea that immigrants come to the U.S. to exploit entitlements.