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US Justice Department sues SpaceX over hiring practices

The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against SpaceX on Thursday over its hiring practices, accusing Elon Musk’s rocket company of discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees.

“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,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said.

So... hold up.   The Biden Administration's DOJ wants to go after SpaceX for... OBEYING FEDERAL LAW!?

8 U.S. Code § 1324a - Unlawful employment of aliens

(a) Making employment of unauthorized aliens unlawful

(1) In general
It is unlawful for a person or other entity—
 
(A) to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien (as defined in subsection (h)(3)) with respect to such employment, or
(b)
(i) to hire for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b) or (ii) if the person or entity is an agricultural association, agricultural employer, or farm labor contractor (as defined in section 1802 of title 29), to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an individual without complying with the requirements of subsection (b).

Under the law, neither he nor anyone else knowingly hire known illegal aliens, nor hire firms that recruit them. These asylum seekers, for the most part, are those that have illegally crossed through the southern border of the United States. And the requirements of Subsection B merely covers discrimination based on country of origin, not legal status.  It is because of their Citizenship status that prohibits. And do recall that we're also talking the high-security Starlink satellites.