The suit says SpaceX has said for years it could hire only U.S. citizens because of export control laws, but that that interpretation of the law is incorrect.
in which the company made this assertion publicly and listed U.S. citizenship as a requirement in job postings, even though “export control laws impose no such hiring restrictions.”
In one instance, the suit says, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, posted on Twitter in 2020 that “U.S. law requires at least a green card to be hired at SpaceX, as rockets are advanced weapons technology.” The Pentagon has also awarded SpaceX a contract to operate its Starlink Internet satellite network in Ukraine, where it has been a key communication tool for the Ukrainian military.
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