DOJ Targets Elon Musk’s SpaceX For Allegedly Preferring To Hire U.S. Citizens

dailywire.com/ ^ | 2/2/2021 | HANK BERRIAN

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Investigating if company "engages in any pattern or practice of discrimination" against non-citizens

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Elon Musk’s SpaceX for allegedly preferring to hire American citizens over non-citizens.

According to the DOJ, in March 2020, a non-U.S. citizen inquiring about the position of technology strategy associate at SpaceX was asked about his citizenship status. DOJ attorney Lisa Sandoval stated that SpaceX “ultimately failed to hire him for the position because he is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.”

Last Thursday, the DOJ filed a request with a judge “to order SpaceX to comply with an administrative subpoena for documents related to how the company hires,” CNBC reported. The DOJ wants SpaceX to comply with its subpoena within two weeks.

The disgruntled applicant initially filed a complaint of employee discrimination with the DOJ’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) on May 29, 2020. The IER enforces the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which has an anti-discrimination provision prohibiting citizenship status and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, or recruitment or referral for a fee.

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[madison10]

Hiring U.S. citizens is a problem?!

[BenLurkin]

this
can’t
be
real

[Jane Long]

OMG! Lock Elon up, for such a crime, Dept of Just Us.

Upside down world 🙃

[Professional Engineer]

Try asking to interview citizens only at a university recruiting event. You’ll get blackballed.

[Pajamajan]

SMH

[Howie66]

Figures. They were on vacation for the entire last 4 years when there was an ongoing Coup D’Etat in progress.

[Kipp]

I had no idea a company couldn’t give preference to US citizens.

Musk has had intellectual property stolen; I’d be leery about hiring non-citizens (especially the Chinese) for some jobs.

[MercyFlush]

He’s not hiring enough Chinese spies to make Biden happy.

[TigersEye]

Chairman Joseph Stolen is not amused. It’s America last now, Comrade Musk!

[WildHighlander57]

If they go after Elon’s aerospace company, (which by the nature of the product would have national security connections) for only hiring US citizens, will they go after the defense companies, who, in their charters & rules, stipulate that all employees must have US citizenship (due to national security)?

[nhbob1]

So much for “build American, buy American”. Only took them 2 weeks to abandon that.

[Diogenesis]

Beijing Bidan DEMANDS by EO that Musk and all US companies
involving US security IMMEDIATELY hire CCPspys,
Blacks, Wymen, and any Men-in-Dresses.

[Major Matt Mason]

The disgruntled applicant initially filed a complaint of employee discrimination

If he wasn't an employee, how can he file for employee discrimination? Regardless, the Leftist scumbags still rule the roost at DOJ.

[bubbacluck]

So the DOJ is harassing an African immigrant? Did I get that right?

[aspasia]

According to the DOJ

DOJ is not American.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

It used to be that working for a Department of Defense contractor required US citizenship. No exceptions. It didn't get you the job, it merely allowed you to apply. Further down the road there are security clearances, above and beyond whatever the job requirements are.

Did this somehow change? I would consider any space related project to fall under the purview of the DOD. So we are now going to let Abdul the Goat Humper entryway into our advanced technology? Huh?

[amorphous]

Hold up D O J G, not so fast, I have it on good authority, Elon has Mexicans in charge of the landing phase of Starship development.

[Fiddlstix]

The World Has Gone Crazy!