Fact check: Albert Einstein was specifically invited by Princeton University to become a professor. He did not sneak across the border like most "refugees" in the United States.

1. Summary of the results

The original statement contains both accurate and inaccurate information. While Einstein did indeed legally immigrate to the United States, he was not specifically invited by Princeton University as claimed. Instead, he was recruited by Abraham Flexner to join the newly formed Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton ^[1]. Einstein was never a faculty member at Princeton University, though he did temporarily use an office in Princeton University's mathematics building while waiting for the Institute for Advanced Study to be built ^{[2] [3]}.

2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints

Several crucial pieces of context are missing from the original statement:

• Einstein came to the United States in 1933 as a refugee fleeing Nazi persecution in Germany ^[4]
• He was granted permanent residency by 1935 and became a US citizen in 1940 ^[5]
• The Institute for Advanced Study, while located in Princeton, NJ, is completely separate from Princeton University ^{[3] [1]}
• His presence in Princeton was arranged by Abraham Flexner, not Princeton University administration ^[1]

3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement

The statement contains several problematic elements and biases:

• It incorrectly attributes Einstein's invitation to Princeton University rather than the Institute for Advanced Study
• The use of quotation marks around "refugees" and the phrase "sneak across the border" appears designed to delegitimize modern refugees by contrasting them with Einstein
• The statement ignores that Einstein himself was a refugee fleeing persecution ^[4], while attempting to use his story to criticize current refugees
• The statement creates a false dichotomy between "worthy" and "unworthy" immigrants, using Einstein's exceptional case to make broader implications about immigration policy

This appears to be an attempt to use Einstein's story as a political tool in modern immigration debates, while both misrepresenting historical facts and oversimplifying the complex nature of refugee and immigration issues.