Elon Musk on the US government shutdownPoll Do you believe the government shutdown will last longer than two weeks? Republicans have claimed that Democrats are pushing to provide government benefits to undocumented immigrants. Republicans claim that Democrats want to give health care to "illegal immigrants." Today, Democrats are willing to shut down the government over free healthcare for illegals. Democrats have always put illegals before Americans," reads another Tweet reposted by Elon Musk.The American federal government has either shut down or experienced funding gaps 14 times since 1980.