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The Justice Department accuses Facebook of favoring immigrants, stock futures rise ahead of jobs report, and more

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1. DOJ accuses Facebook of favoring immigrants over U.S. citizens

The Justice Department on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Facebook, accusing it of favoring foreign workers with visas over Americans in its hiring practices. The Trump administration's lawyers argued that Facebook "refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available U.S. workers" for about 2,600 positions, with an average salary of $156,000, that went to immigrant visa holders. The complaint came after a two-year investigation into whether Facebook intentionally gave preferential treatment to H1-B visa holders and other temporary immigrant workers over U.S. workers. A Facebook spokesman said the company "has been cooperating with the DOJ in its review of this issue, and while we dispute the allegations in the complaint, we cannot comment further on pending litigation."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.