Case brought during Biden presidency accused space company of refusing, unlawfully, to hire certain immigrants

The US Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.

The justice department last month signaled it could back away from the case, brought during Joe Biden’s term. Musk, a top adviser and donor to Donald Trump, is leading a commission tasked with identifying waste in the federal government, dubbed the “Department of Government Efficiency”, or Doge.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/21/space-x-elon-musk-discrimination-case