Obviously, the company should be held responsible if it violated the law.

I don't understanding Yvonne's comment....it's confusing. I don't care if a company hires foreign or native workers...to me it's about being qualified and having the right skill sets to get the job done. And if that is not the case it becomes painfully, obvious.


For those who harp about "foreign" workers.....welcome to capitalism....it's not suppose to be about nationalism. :)

I remember when AIG went belly up. The media came to JC with cameras to interview the employees. The employees were foreign nationals. This adds to the unemployment rate.

DOJ Alleges New Jersey Tech Consulting Firm Fired Receptionist Who Complained About Excluding U.S. Job Applicants

FORBES - 5/23/2012
Bill Singer, Contributor

If you visit the ?About Us? page of Whiz International LLC of Jersey City, NJ, this is what you learn:

Whiz-International provides IT Staffing Services, IT Consulting Services, Software Development, Web Services and SEO Services to a wide range of clients, including small, mid-size and large corporations throughout the globe. We are dedicated to delivering superior quality services and to creating cost-effective, complete business solutions for our clients. Whether you need people or technology, whiz-international can help you reach your goals no matter in which part of the globe you are with deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, whiz-international can mobilize the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients improve their performance.

We have extensive relationships with the world?s leading companies, governments and work with organizations of all sizes. Using our industry and business-process knowledge, our service offering expertise and our insight into and access to existing and emerging technologies, we identify new business and technology trends and formulate and implement solutions for clients under demanding time constraints. Our consulting and IT solutions have resulted in technology-intensive transformations that have met the most stringent of international quality standards.


Sounds pretty impressive. An American consulting firm based in Jersey City, NJ, servicing the technology needs of international clients. Just the kind of business that should be employing U.S. citizens and helping to bring us out of the recession. Even better, Jersey City is just across the river from Ground Zero ? what better place to plant the seeds of our economic recovery?

But, you know, these days, ?impressive? only gets you so far. There?s form and then there?s substance.

And then there?s a page on the United States Department of Justice?s website that informs us that on May 22, 2012, DOJ file a lawsuit against Whiz International LLC, alleging that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act when it terminated an employee in retaliation for expressing opposition to Whiz?s alleged preference for foreign nationals with temporary work visas. The Complaint seeks civil damages, a court order prohibiting future discrimination, and monetary damages to the employee. According to the litigation press release:

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The complaint alleges that the company directed an employee that served as a receptionist and a recruiter, to prefer certain noncitizens in its recruitment efforts and then terminated the employee when she expressed discomfort with excluding U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents from consideration. The anti-discrimination provision prohibits employers from retaliating against workers who oppose a practice that is illegal under the statute or who attempt to assert rights under the statute.

NOTE: A Complaint merely contains allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
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