Elon Musk Responds to DOJ Lawsuit Against SpaceX's Alleged Hiring Discrimination

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launching the company’s Starlink satellites to orbit.Photo: SpaceX

In response to a lawsuit against his private space venture for employment discrimination, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called out the Department of Justice for its own hiring policies.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the founder of the space company suggested that the “DOJ needs to sue themselves!” The post cites a tweet by Alex Tabarrok, an economist from George Mason University. In his tweet, Tabarrok points out that the job requirements for the federal Bureau of Prisons specify “U.S. Citizenship is Required.”

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The SpaceX CEO added that the company isn’t even allowed to hire Canadian citizens despite Canada being a part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, otherwise known as NORAD.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division began investigating SpaceX in 2020 after receiving a complaint of hiring discrimination within the company. Employment records revealed that SpaceX “repeatedly rejected applicants who identified as asylees or refugees by using the rejection code titled, “not authorized to work/ITAR ineligible,” from at least September 2018 to May 2022, according to the lawsuit.

“SpaceX’ s discriminatory hiring practices were routine, widespread, and longstanding, and harmed asylees and refugees,” the lawsuit stated. The DOJ is seeking compensation for those who were denied employment or deterred from applying to a job at SpaceX due to its alleged hiring discrimination.

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