Cecilia ESPINOZA and Rudolfo Espinoza, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FARAH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellant

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to decide which practices Congress intended to prohibit when it made it unlawful for an employer “to fail or refuse to hire . . . any individual . . . because of such individual’s . . . national origin.” 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-2(a) (1). More precisely, we must determine whether the words “national origin” should be read to mean, or at least include, “citizenship.” Since we conclude they should not; that none of the reasons offered for doing so will withstand close analysis; that this is one of those cases where Congress should be taken at its words;…