The US Department of Justice reported it reached a settlement with staffing provider Adaequare Inc. over allegations the company, at the request of a client, considered only applicants who were US citizens or lawful permanent residents when filling a job for a client.

The department alleged the company discriminated against refugees, asylees and noncitizen nationals based on their citizenship status.

In the deal, Adaequare agreed to take steps to ensure it follows the law in the future, including training internal workers. It was also fined $1,000.

“Recruiters cannot illegally exclude applicants based on their citizenship or immigration status,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Pamela Karlan of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “We applaud Adaequare for immediately taking steps to ensure that this discrimination does not happen again.”

An investigation by the department found that when a client asked the company to only recruit US citizens or lawful permanent residents for a job, Adaequare did not check to make sure the client was legally allowed to limit jobs to those statuses. Instead, the company screened out applicants based on their citizenship or immigration status, according to the department.