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I read it as they're not requiring citizenship, they're requiring clearance, which requires citizenship.


It wouldn't matter if they were requiring citizenship. The protected category is national origin. Companies can't normally require native-born citizenship but any company can refuse to hire non-citizens.

Citizenship is a pretty common requirement in information security in sensitive industries, to use the example I'm familiar with.


Yeah, that makes sense. Who would deny a naturalized American all the rights and privileges? I don't know what people are getting upset about; I don't see anything that says "requires a native-born US citizen."

It says "US ONLY US Citizen," but that only excludes people who still swear allegiance to King Charles.




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