SpaceX Wins Order Blocking Anti-Refugee Bias Lawsuit by US (1)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a court order blocking the US from moving forward with a complaint that accused it of discriminating against refugees in hiring.

The US Justice Department alleged in an administrative complaint in August that SpaceX flouted the Immigration and Nationality Act for years by often discouraging people granted asylum and refuge status from applying for jobs and refusing or consider them.

A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday halted the Justice Department’s case, after the company called it “factually and legally insupportable.” Musk has argued that SpaceX was barred from hiring foreign nationals because of restrictions ...