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Hang on, ain't it a federal law that if you are employed govt aerospace program (which spacex is part of cause its NASA funded contractor) that only American born people can work for them ? Came up in the past and they responded quoting that the Govt wont let them.
From the link:
So SpaceX blatantly lied hoping no-one else would notice.
It's most likely incompetence...
Lied or didn’t bother to fully read the law.
uuuuuhhhh, TIL Must be a new thing cause i do remember is 100% was a thing to protect aerospace secrets.
It's easy to misinterpret the law because it states you can only hire U.S. Persons without requiring approval. And naturally people would assume U.S. Persons means citizens. But the term also includes permanent residents, asylees, and refugees.
So SpaceX can't hire immigrants on a temporary visa without a lot of effort. But refugees and asylees are explicitly allowed to work at such companies.
It's not new. Refugees and people with asylum are considered US persons, it's literally written into the law (ITAR) protecting aerospace secrets.
Wow so every doco i have read/watched on the space race has interpreted the law incorrectly.
It's not an interpretation. It's defined in relatively simple to understand English.
Relevant portion of 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3):
This is literally from the Department of Justice, so I’m assuming they know the laws about these things.