SpaceX wins reprieve from US lawsuit alleging anti-immigrant bias
- A U.S. judge has blocked the U.S. Department of Justice from pursuing an administrative case accusing Elon Musk's SpaceX of illegally refusing to hire refugees and asylum recipients.
Olvera blocked the department's case, which was filed in August, from moving forward pending the outcome of SpaceX's September lawsuit claiming the administrative case violates the U.S. Constitution.The Justice Department claims that from at least 2018 to 2022, the rocket and satellite company routinely discouraged asylum recipients and refugees from applying for jobs, and refused to consider or hire them.
The department cited a June 2020 post on X, formerly called Twitter, by Musk that said:"U.S. law requires at least a green card to be hired at SpaceX, as rockets are advanced weapons technology."In its lawsuit, the company claims that administrative judges are appointed by the U.S. attorney general but have powers that should be reserved only for officials appointed by the president.
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