US Sues SpaceX
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Seems that its hiring is discriminatory, because it's not hiring asylum seekers and refugees.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23844450/doj-spacex-lawsuit-hiring-discrimination
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Musk even wrote in a post on X — formerly Twitter — that “US law requires at least a green card to be hired at SpaceX, as rockets are considered advanced weapons technology.”
Seems plausible to me. The US military certainly has similar restrictions.
EDIT: OK, just read the DOJ's complaint. Paragraphs 24-26 address that point, saying export control laws' definition for "US persons" include asylees and refugees.
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Interesting comments in this thread:
Musk:
SpaceX was told repeatedly that hiring anyone who was not a permanent resident of the United States would violate international arms trafficking law, which would be a criminal offense.
We couldn’t even hire Canadian citizens, despite Canada being part of NORAD!
Scott Manley addresses Ax's comment:
Many important scientists who worked on the Manhattan project were refugees who escaped Nazi Germany
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The DOJ should be suing
itselfthe government:https://www.usajobs.gov/job/744090700
https://www.federalreserve.gov/careers-internships.htm
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