The same presidential administration responsible for an explosion of illegal immigrant child labor is now suing an American company, founded by a legal immigrant, for only hiring American citizens.
The credibility of President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice as an objective enforcer of federal law is already in tatters, but his weaponization of the agency now against Elon Musk’s SpaceX is nevertheless shocking.Late last week, the Justice Department announced it had filed a lawsuit against SpaceX for discriminating against asylees and refugees. The lawsuit alleges that from September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX refused to hire any asylees or refugees and discouraged any from even applying.
SpaceX is different, however, because it designs, manufactures, and operates rockets and spacecraft, two items that are on the United States Munitions List and therefore governed by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, which is the implementing regulation for the Arms Export Control Act. "U.S. persons" is a technical legal term that includes both American citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Asylees or refugees both fit this definition. So technically SpaceX can hire them without getting special permission from the government. But most companies in the defense sector have identical conservative hiring practices as SpaceX. The stakes for even accidental violations are just too high.
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