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Justice Department Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Asylees and Refugees in Hiring (www.justice.gov)

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The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring. The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them, because of their citizenship status, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My guess is this is an example of Hanlon's Razor. A disconnect between their lawyers and their HR staff or hiring managers as to their specific obligations under ITAR would easily explain all of this.

I doubt there was even a specific refugee or asylee actually involved: a poorly-worded job posting would justify this complaint.