Starbucks’ Announcement to Hire Based on Foreign Nationality Is Against US Law

Democrats shed major crocodile tears this past weekend after 109 of 325,000 foreign passengers were detained at US airports over the weekend.

Which was very odd because Obama banned Iraqi refugees for six months in 2011 and Democrats said nothing.

Starbucks Corp CEO Howard Schultz announced on Monday that the company plans on hiring 10,000 refugees over the next five years to ease the company’s conscience.
Bloomberg reported:

Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz, who wrote he had a “heavy heart” over U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration order, said the company plans to hire 10,000 refugees over five years around the world.

Trump issued an order on Jan. 27 suspending the admission of refugees into the U.S. for 120 days and banning citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries for 90 days. The directive has been criticized by U.S. allies Canada and Germany.

Starbucks is in direct contact with employees affected by the immigration ban and will do “everything possible to support and help them to navigate through this confusing period,” Schultz said in a letter to employees posted on the coffee chain’s website.

However, if Starbucks decides to hire employees based on nationality that is against US federal law.

That violates U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rules.

According to the EEOC:

Under the laws enforced by EEOC, it is illegal to discriminate against someone (applicant or employee) because of that person’s race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to retaliate against a person because he or she complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit.

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