The U.S. Department of Justice sued SpaceX on Thursday, alleging Elon Musk's company discriminated against refugees and asylum seekers in its hiring practices.
A Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California.The U.S. Department of Justice sued SpaceX on Thursday, allegingspace company discriminated against refugees and asylum seekers in its hiring practices.
The lawsuit says SpaceX "wrongly claimed" that export control laws limited its hiring to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents., when the department's Immigrant and Employee Rights Section received a complaint of employment discrimination from a non-U.S. citizen. "Our investigation found that SpaceX failed to fairly consider or hire asylees and refugees because of their citizenship status and imposed what amounted to a ban on their hire regardless of their qualification, in violation of federal law," Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, said in a statement.
Clarke added that the DOJ's investigation found "SpaceX recruiters and high-level officials took actions that actively discouraged asylees and refugees from seeking work opportunities at the company."This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
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