US Sues SpaceX

[George K]

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

[Axtremus]

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.

[Copper]

Without this suit, too many jobs would go to US citizens.

[Jolly]

Biden JustUs Department at woke, er, work!

[George K]

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

[George K]

The DOJ should be suing itself the government:

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/744090700

https://www.federalreserve.gov/careers-internships.htm