An employee crossed the bridge from SpaceX in Hawthorne on July 17, 2024.
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The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it will cancel the case Accuse Elon Musk Space Technologies has refused to hire SpaceX, which is a certain immigrant.
The Justice Department last month indicated that cases filed during Democratic President Joe Biden’s tenure could backfire.
Musk, the senior adviser to the Republican president Donald Trumpis leading a committee responsible for determining federal waste.
Government attorneys demand a judge to end in court Thursday in Brownsville, Texas Suspension in litigation Therefore, they can make a notice of dismissing the case. The Justice Department said this would dismiss the case with bias, which means it cannot be raised again.
Texas-based SpaceX and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Justice Department filed an administrative complaint in August 2023, accusing SpaceX of generally reluctant to avoid asylum recipients and refugees applying for jobs from 2018 to 2022 and refused to consider them.
At the time, the department said SpaceX wrote in a job release and public statement that it could only hire U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents because of U.S. export control laws. The department said the export control law does not impose such restrictions.
SpaceX denied the wrongdoing. The company said in a November 16, 2023 court application that the export law imposes strict restrictions on the people it employs.
“SpaceX follows strict policies and procedures to ensure compliance with all export control laws and regulations and to prevent any illegal discrimination,” the company said.
SpaceX prosecutions block administrative complaints, and the administrative judge will hear them internally.
The company said the Justice Department’s administrative judges were appointed by the U.S. Attorney General because they were granted the power reserved for officials appointed only for presidents.
The judge temporarily prevented the Justice Department from filing a lawsuit while weighing the dispute between the two sides.
Both Trump and Musk are critical of the power of federal agencies, including internal law enforcement procedures such as DOJ.
On his first day of office, Trump declared illegal immigration National emergency situation. He stepped up his deportation and issued a widespread ban on asylum claims.
