[Dubya]

Yet the request appeared to be cruising past state and federal regulators until it was smothered in a union-backed avalanche of U.S. job applicants for the positions that Baystone hoped to fill with unskilled foreign workers.

"I don't think anyone is paying attention," said U.S. Rep. Gene Green, the Houston Democrat who has been meeting with union officials over their concerns that temporary staffing firms have been using the so-called H-2B visa program to import foreign construction workers to Texas for substantially below-market wages.

[Dubya]

Even the lawyer for Harvey, La.-based Baystone says the company's claims weren't true in the request it submitted under the federal visa program that allows companies to import temporary workers for jobs they can't otherwise fill.

[Brad from Tennessee]

I wonder what kind of kickback Baystone gets from each foreign worker. I wonder if Baystone could simply sell the visas once they were obtained.