Exxon Defeats DACA Recipient’s Job Bias Suit at Fourth Circuit

A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., declined to extend workplace protections to a Mexican citizen in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program who claimed ExxonMobil Corp. unlawfully used his immigration status to rescind a paid internship offer.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court order dismissing a proposed class action lodged by DACA recipient Aldo De Leon Resendiz, who initially secured an internship to work at an Exxon facility in Baton Rouge, La., for the spring 2019 semester.

The former North Carolina State University engineering student contended that Exxon knew ...