Six years ago, it agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a lawsuit filed by men who were denied jobs.

Instead, the agency is satisfied for now with denying jobs to immigrants not entitled to have them so that they go to legal workers.

Here, it is the vast majority of this country's citizens who were systematically denied education and jobs.

"Think about this: whites are being denied jobs only because of their race."

Many contend they are denied jobs because of their religion.

The suit, which was filed 23 years ago, charges that the women were denied jobs and promotions with the service.

The ruling came in a 2000 lawsuit by five white men who said they had been unfairly denied jobs.

The ban has denied jobs to hundreds of thousands.

Many women believed denying jobs to women to be wrong and unjust.

Others were denied jobs due to a history of previous injury or illness, despite their having no restrictions on returning to work.