Justice Department Probes SpaceX After Hiring Discrimination Complaint

Justice Department Probes SpaceX After Hiring Discrimination Complaint
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses after arriving on the red carpet for the Axel Springer award, in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 1, 2020. Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters
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The Department of Justice is probing Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX over whether the company discriminates against non-U.S. citizens in its hiring, according to court documents filed on Thursday.

The Justice Department’s Immigrant and Employee Rights division received a complaint of employment discrimination from a non-U.S. citizen, who alleged that SpaceX discriminated against him based on his citizenship status.