The Justice Department sued SpaceX, alleging that the Elon Musk-led company discriminated for years against refugees and others who fled their homelands.
From at least September 2018 to May of last year, SpaceX discouraged refugees from applying for positions and refused to hire them or consider their applications, the Justice Department said Thursday. The company wrongly claimed that federal export-control laws meant that it could only hire U.S. citizens and permanent residents, the agency said.
A spokesman for SpaceX and an attorney at the company didn’t respond to requests for comment. In a previous court filing related to the Justice Department’s investigation, the company denied that it makes hiring decisions based on applicants’ immigration status.
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