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New president is making his space policy increasingly clear: America will remain grounded for the time being Sadly, the visionary goal of getting Americans to Mars first came crashing down when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which, under the Trump administration had allowed for SpaceX to conduct their important test flights, ordered Mr. Musk to cancel the Starship prototype test. The FAA did not cite its reasoning behind ordering the cancellation of the launch.

Investigating if company "engages in any pattern or practice of discrimination" against non-citizens The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Elon Musk’s SpaceX for allegedly preferring to hire American citizens over non-citizens. According to the DOJ, in March 2020, a non-U.S. citizen inquiring about the position of technology strategy associate at SpaceX was asked about his citizenship status. DOJ attorney Lisa Sandoval stated that SpaceX “ultimately failed to hire him for the position because he is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.” Last Thursday, the DOJ filed a request with a judge “to order SpaceX to comply with...

I’m no legal scholar or a top expert on constitutional law, so can someone show me where in the US Constitution there are provisions punishing American enterprise for hiring Americans? You won’t find it in the constitution but Federal law, which should protect Americans and their right to work, has a workaround and Biden aims to use it. According to a CNBC report Joe Biden is using the DOJ to make an example out of Elon Musk by publicly harassing him with Federal litigation because SpaceX “hires too many” US citizens and not enough non-resident foreign workers.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating SpaceX over whether the company discriminates against non-U.S. citizens in its hiring practices and said Elon Musk’s company is stonewalling a subpoena for information, court documents revealed Thursday. The DOJ’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section received a complaint of employment discrimination from a non-U.S. citizen claiming that the company discriminated against him based on his citizenship status.