EXCUSE ME ?
They are legal residents here. Unless NIOSH can show proof that they pose a security risk, they sound guilty of discrimination. (I leave room for the fact that we don't have all the facts.)
They are legal residents here.<<
But not citizens - that's the key.
I believe that's the truth.
I don't like several positions that the ACLU takes, but I can't have an opinion on something that's not clear with facts (although, based on some of their positions, I'd like to think whatever they're doing is just plain evil).
They were probably hired contingent upon a favorable security review. If they didn't get it, they get gone.