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Justice Department Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Asylees and Refugees in Hiring
(www.justice.gov)
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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uuuuuhhhh, TIL Must be a new thing cause i do remember is 100% was a thing to protect aerospace secrets.
It's easy to misinterpret the law because it states you can only hire U.S. Persons without requiring approval. And naturally people would assume U.S. Persons means citizens. But the term also includes permanent residents, asylees, and refugees.
So SpaceX can't hire immigrants on a temporary visa without a lot of effort. But refugees and asylees are explicitly allowed to work at such companies.
It's not new. Refugees and people with asylum are considered US persons, it's literally written into the law (ITAR) protecting aerospace secrets.
Wow so every doco i have read/watched on the space race has interpreted the law incorrectly.
It's not an interpretation. It's defined in relatively simple to understand English.
Relevant portion of 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3):
This is literally from the Department of Justice, so I’m assuming they know the laws about these things.