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Labor certification is sometimes fraudulent but more often merely inventive. Says Beverly Hills Lawyer Richard Fraade, who regularly obtains working papers for foreign VIPs: "My job is creative packaging." Some lawyers are called upon to design a job description so specific that no one except their clients -- who may already hold the jobs illegally -- are likely to qualify. On occasion, wholesale lying is involved; attorneys have been involved in setting up bogus companies that do nothing but substantiate the credentials of visa seekers...
Unlike the mass migrations of Europeans to the U.S., the Asian movement is fueled largely by the educated middle class. Except for the Indochinese, with their large refugee contingent, the new Asian arrivals are at least twice as likely as a native-born American to be college graduates. Moreover, since many others are admitted because of a desirable vocational background, the group as a whole has greatly enriched the nation's talent pool. Says Rand Corp. Demographer Kevin McCarthy: "The Asians are the most highly skilled of any immigrant group our country has ever...
...councilors, except Saundra M. Graham, who will be out of town, will attend LaRosa's swearing in on June 15, Duehay said...
...began the now controversial effort to bring New York's Museum of the American Indian to his hometown for $72 million. He offered to build a sprawling, 10-acre complex to display the museum's many collections. It could have been an offer the museum could not refuse, except that New York Mayor Edward I. Koch and Governor Mario M. Cuomo strenuously objected to it, and the Attorney General has promised to oppose the move in court. The fight continues to brew in New York...
BYRNE'S ABILITY TO be silly without going overboard is one of his strengths. But except for a few satirical lines and a limited amount of pigsnorting during "Stay Up Late," Byrne stays well within the bounds of controlled wildness...