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Are Cohen & Grisby Conservatives or Liberals? Are they Democrats or Republicans?

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A video highlighting how a Pittsburgh law firm works around U.S. laws to obtain visas for foreign employees was posted on YouTube, quickly fanning the immigration debate. It has even incurred the wrath of a powerful U.S. senator and brought the Department of Labor into the fray. Attorneys for Cohen & Grigsby, one of the largest law firms in the Pittsburgh area, are seen in the video clip explaining to participants at a conference on immigration how to abide by laws that require Americans be given top priority for jobs while still ensuring foreigners are hired. "The goal here of course is to meet the requirements, number one, but also do so as inexpensively as possible, keeping in mind our goal and our goal is clearly not to find a qualified and interested U.S. worker," Lawrence Lebowitz, the firm's vice president of marketing, told the audience in May. http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070623/NEWS/706230330/-1/rss01 Cohen & Grigsby said in a statement that it stood by the substance of the talk, but regretted "the choice of words that was used during a small segment of the seminar." The firm said its statements at the seminar had been "commandeered and misused." The video clip appears to confirm the suspicions of many who accuse companies of placing want-ads in newspapers to show the Department of Labor it is recruiting Americans, while knowing all along that foreigners will be hired to fill the positions. In the video, Lebowitz advises attorneys to advertise in newspapers and use recruitment methods that will not attract qualified applicants. Usually, people can be disqualified on the basis of their resumes, he said. Those who appear to be qualified should be called in for an interview, he said. "Go through the whole process to find a legal basis to disqualify them for this particular position," Jennifer Barton, another Cohen & Grigsby attorney, advised her colleagues. "In most cases that doesn't seem to be a problem." They mean "I wish we would have worded this so people didn't find out we're serving the interests of illegal entities."

Public Comments

1. KUDOS to you for spreading the word.!!! People need to take that link and blog it all of the country until hell freezes over!!! Good job Steven! I sent that link to Boehner's staff yesterday. Every American citizen working or not SHOULD COPY THE LINK AND MAIL IT TO THEIR CONGRESS PERSON AND SENATOR.!!!!!! -------- THEN FORWARD IT TO THEIR FACE BOOK PAGE........THEN FORWARD IT TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS PAPER EDITIORIAL DIRECTOR.......THEN FORWARD IT TO O'REILLY.....THEN FORWARD IT TO YAHOO, INC NEWS OFFICE. PEOPLE NEED TO CHAIN LETTER THIS THING TO ANYONE WITH A HEART BEAT.
2. Throw their butts in prison!