SpaceX says US case alleging anti-immigrant bias is unconstitutional

Source: Reuters

SpaceX says US case alleging anti-immigrant bias is unconstitutional

Daniel Wiessner
Tue, September 19, 2023 at 11:26 AM EDT·2 min read

(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX has sued the U.S. government saying that the government's administrative case accusing the rocket and satellite company of refusing to hire refugees and asylees violates the U.S. Constitution.

SpaceX, in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court on Friday, says the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) administrative judges who hear cases involving employment bias against immigrants are not properly appointed, and that keeping the case out of court deprives the company of its constitutional right to a jury trial.

The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.

DOJ in a complaint issued last month said that from 2018 to 2022, SpaceX routinely refused to hire people who were not U.S. citizens or green card holders. SpaceX wrongly claimed that federal export control laws barred it from employing foreign citizens, DOJ said.

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DOJ administrative judges are appointed by the U.S. attorney general, but have powers that should be reserved only for officials appointed by the president, SpaceX said in the lawsuit.

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