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DOJ Says Facebook Illegally Set Aside Jobs for Foreign Workers

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Christopher Stern
· · Source: The Wall Street Journal

The Justice Department claims in a lawsuit filed in federal court that Facebook reserved high paying jobs for immigrant workers without conducting a thorough search for qualified U.S. job applicants, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Justice Department alleges that at least 2,600 Facebook jobs were filled by foreign workers who the social media giant was sponsoring for permanent residency...

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