로이터 뉴스로 영어공부하기: U.S. sues SpaceX over alleged discrimination

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# 스크립트
Business is booming at SpaceX. Recent launches by Elon Musk's rocket company included one lifting a new space telescope for Europe. But the company faces a legal headache. The U.S. Justice Department says it’s suing SpaceX over allegations it discriminated against asylum seekers and refugees in hiring. In a statement, it says the company routinely discouraged such applicants and refused to hire or even consider them. It says SpaceX job ads wrongly claimed that posts were only open to U.S. citizens and green card holders. Officials also cited online posts by Musk. In June 2020 he said on Twitter, now called X, that people required at least a green card to work at the firm. He said that is because rockets are considered advanced weapons technology. In a new post, Musk said the lawsuit was the “weaponization of the DOJ for political purposes". He said the company had repeatedly been told it faced restrictions on who it could hire at risk of violating international arms trafficking law. The Justice Department said it would seek back pay and other remedies for people who were denied employment. The lawsuit will also demand civil penalties.

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# 표현 익히기
* asylum
protection given to someone by a government because they have escaped from fighting or political trouble in their own country
apply for/seek/be granted asylum He has been granted asylum in France.
 
* discriminate
o treat a person or group differently from another in an unfair waydiscriminate against Under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against minorities and women.
 
* trafficking
1 the buying and selling of illegal goods, especially drugs 
drug trafficking
2 the activity of taking people to another country and forcing them to work 
human trafficking
 
* back paymoney
an employer owes to workers, for example because a wage increase was late or because workers have not taken their holiday
The system will calculate back pay, including overtime allowances.
The agency was ordered to restore $60 millionin back pay that was saved by the cutbacks in hours worked.