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Louisiana Congresswoman Julia Letlow seeking H-2B Visa Cap Relief for Crawfish Industry

Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:09 pm
Posted by ragincajun03
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:09 pm


Concerns that not enough available workforce could allow Chinese crawfish to gain a larger market share.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:12 pm to
Somehow crawfish prices will still go up.
Posted by Cosmo
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Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:13 pm to
Im fine with legal guest workers for shite like this

But not for tech jobs that pay 6 figures
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
28171 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:16 pm to
The seasonal workers I’ve been around who work the crawfish and other crop fields in Acadia Parish have always been good and pleasant to have amongst the communities. They just work, shop at the local stores, and peacefully drink a bunch of beer on Sunday afternoons before they have to get up at 4am on Monday.
Posted by WillFerrellisking
Member since Jun 2019
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:16 pm to
I thought all crawfishermen were coonasses from Pierre Part and Lafayette area, didn’t know illegals crawfished.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:17 pm to
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thought all crawfishermen were coonasses from Pierre Part and Lafayette area,


The bossmen who make the money are
Posted by Cosmo
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Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:18 pm to
quote:

The seasonal workers I’ve been around who work the crawfish and other crop fields in Acadia Parish have always been good and pleasant to have amongst the communities. They just work, shop at the local stores, and peacefully drink a bunch of beer on Sunday afternoons before they have to get up at 4am on Monday.


Agree

And they go back home when season is over and dont bring their entire families with them
Posted by CoachRay
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:18 pm to
quote:

I thought all crawfishermen were coonasses from Pierre Part and Lafayette area, didn’t know illegals crawfished.


They are. But they aren't running traps every morning, that's what the Hondurans are for.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:22 pm to
And all got here late this year because government wasn’t processing visas during shut down
Posted by theCrusher
Slidell
Member since Nov 2007
1616 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:23 pm to
A host of Patel crawfish LLCs will open and they'll scam the visa program.
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:24 pm to
quote:


Im fine with legal guest workers for shite like this

But not for tech jobs that pay 6 figures



"its okay for thee but not for me!"


Pretty chicken shite take.


Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
2639 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:24 pm to
quote:

Im fine with legal guest workers for shite like this

But not for tech jobs that pay 6 figures

Why one and not the other?
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
130000 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

Why one and not the other?


Because americans would take the 6 figure jobs

Poor Americans wont work in sugar cane fields or crawfish ponds for $100 a day

They would rather do nothing.
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:32 pm to
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Because americans would take the 6 figure jobs

Poor Americans wont work in sugar cane fields or crawfish ponds for $100 a day

They would rather do nothing.

Don't think the onus is on the company to shell out wages that citizens are willing to work for?
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
35944 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

quote:

Im fine with legal guest workers for shite like this

But not for tech jobs that pay 6 figures




"its okay for thee but not for me!"


Pretty chicken shite take.






How much do you think seasonal crawfish farm workers make?
Posted by The Baker
This is fine.
Member since Dec 2011
19315 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:35 pm to
Go hire some teenagers
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
35944 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

Don't think the onus is on the company to shell out wages that citizens are willing to work for?


I will live if the crawfish industry disappears tomorrow but you are begging for super expensive crawfish. Whether Patel or Smith is working the tech job that industry isn't getting massively disrupted.
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14551 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:38 pm to
I guess their illegals are gone so they are now going the visa route.

I’ve been to enough farms to know what’s up
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
13237 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:42 pm to
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They just work, shop at the local stores, and peacefully drink a bunch of beer on Sunday afternoons before they have to get up at 4am on Monday.


Worked with Visa programs quiet a bit in the golf course construction industry. It's not often anyone gets out of line, but if one of them does, it is handled by the group. I never had to do any disciplining myself. It was always a pleasure to work with them. A couple times one of them would show up a few years later on a project with a different name. Not sure how they managed to do that.

Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
54067 posts
Posted on 1/28/26 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

fine with legal guest workers for shite like this But not for tech jobs that pay 6 figures


The tech jobs are more likely to need talent that our country just doesn’t produce
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