Cheep Labor  Programs place Americans low in the pecking order
WANTED: Chick sexers. U.S. hatcheries seek applicants able to
sort by sex several thousand chicks an hour. Superb hand-eye
coordination a must. Pay starts at $5 an hour. Oh yeah, and one
last thing: Only foreigners--preferably Asians--need apply.  Why
Asians? Because the contractors who supply hatcheries with
chick-sexing services claim only Asians have the physical
dexterity and small hands needed to feel a chick's tiny sexual
organs and determine whether they're male or female.  It's one
of hundreds of examples from two little-publicized Labor
Department programs that U.S. companies have used to pass over
American workers in favor of more than 1 million noncitizen
workers since 1992.  Advertise on  The Permanent Alien
Certification program, created in 1967, extends long-term
residency to alien workers when "there are not sufficient United
States workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available
for the employment." The temporary H-1B visa