Elon Musk livestreams border to give people firsthand account of migrant crisis

Tech billionaire Elon Musk visited the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday with plans to livestream a tour of the area to give people a sense of the real situation with the ongoing migrant crisis.

Musk, who owns Tesla, SpaceX and X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has shown significant interest in the ongoing crisis along the border and has been posting about it frequently on X.

On Tuesday, Musk announced he had spoken with U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, about the crisis, who confirmed it was a "serious issue."

Musk, while donning a black cowboy hat, went live on his platform Thursday, saying he was going to go around and speak with officials and "eyeball the situation to get the real story."

"This is real time, unfiltered," he said. "What you see is what I see."