Jeff Landry says It's all Fake News: He hasn't challenged the news reports however

Much deserved tax breaks

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Looks like this AG is anti-American when hiring workers.

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If you don't believe a single American was hired to work as welders/pipefitters at Cameron LNG, then you're an idiot. The talent pool in that part of Louisiana and most of the south was nearly exhausted staffing Cameron and Sasol. The contractors that have the contracts for these projects are required, BY LAW, to hire Americans with proof of citizenship. Several layers of background checks go into this (TWIC for example).

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Instead of hiring Louisiana citizens, he prefers to bring in 195 Mexican Laborers

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The AG doesn't hire or staff workers for private industry, moron.

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Wondering if all the paperwork submitted to those federal agencies was done properly, legally, and truthfully in order to secure those temporary work visas?

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I don't even think temporary work visas are allowed. And considering the Quality checks needed for many of the types of welds, i'm willing to bet most foreign workers do not have those AMERICAN WELDING CERTIFICATIONS.

In short, you don't know what you are talking about. Go back to eating crayons.

We know the AG doesn't hire for these jobs. But it's been stated that Jeff Landry started many layers of private companies to hire these workers outside of his AG duties. His private companies hired these foreign workers. It should be EASY TO PROVE one way or the other. If he didn't, he should sue whoever made this up. If he did, he's an unAmerican POS and should resign immediately and be scorned and admonished and not be able to find a job in Louisiana EVER. Or in the USA for that matter. Or if what he did is illegal, he should be sent to ANGOLA prison !

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The AG doesn't hire or staff workers for private industry, moron.

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Read the damn story idiot. He and his brother OWN the Company that brought in the 195 Mexican workers.

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Did you read the underlying article?

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Not before posting, but i just did. What i stated is still true. You aren't going to get past the AWS, ASME, and the litany of other standards and procedures required by hiring unchecked illegals from Mexico. If i'm wrong, i'll gladly come back and say i was wrong. But the welding requirements are extremely tight due to the nature of the chemicals that runs through them, and it would be extremely difficult to forge TWIC cards, as well as the other background checks required to work in or around a natural gas facility.

By a show of hands, how many here have worked in a plant, and for how long?

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He and his brother OWN the Company that brought in the 195 Mexican workers.

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You mean the hit piece? Why don't you apply common sense first? But, of course, you'd have to have a slight idea of the industry before making an informed opinion.

Landry was correct, this is 100% fake news.

If 195 illegals were hired and a hundred Americans were not, then Landry needs to be impeached. frick that if true.

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It's he hired 195, yet 113 American applied and were denied a job

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But he didn't, genius. Unless he just hired 195 welders to just sit on a payroll and do nothing, which is astonishingly stupid. But, in order to hire workers, you have to have a job for them. In order to have a job at any petrochemical/LNG plant you must go through both STATE AND FEDERAL BACKGROUND CHECKS and acquire state and federal identification issued by STATE AND FEDERAL. In addition to this, any work performed by a welder must be certified. Meaning, that welders background and certifications must be sent to the owners inspector, whether it be in house or 3rd party, to be certified to perform that technical weld. These aren't a shite load of tack welds being performed (you can google tack weld since i know you dont know what you are talking about).

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I assure after the closing of the Avondale shipyards, there are way more than 195 welders in Louisiana available to work.

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You are completely wrong. The amount of work going on in Lousisiana is astounding, especially in the plant world. We are already at critical mass. Finding qualified welders is extremely hard to do nowadays. There arent 195 welders available. Companies have to outsource to other states to get welders with the work in the gulf south. Texas is going through a big boom as well. All of south Louisiana is booming right now. Every petrochemical, oil and gas plant in the gulf south is expanding in part due to the economy. Many plants are growing, many plants are being constructed. THe avondale shipyard isn't supplying the welders of the gulf south. You don't know what you are talking about.

Think about it rationally and logically. Again, if i'm wrong i'll come back and eat crow, but i am not wrong. Again not a big Jeff Landry supporter.

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By a show of hands, how many here have worked in a plant, and for how long?

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Worked in several plants off and on for 3 years as a helper then a project controls guy. There were Mexicans and Central Americans everywhere, especially insulators and scaffold builders. MANY were illegal and spoke no English.

They frequently joked about how easy it was to get around all of the regulations. That’s why the whole crew was from “Texas”. They all had the same address in a Houston suburb. When we needed to meet a requirement for hiring local labor, suddenly, they all had a registered address off Banks St in New Orleans. It was all a sham I could do nothing about.

With that said, there is no shortage of tradesmen. There’s a MASSIVE shortage of certified tradesmen who can pass a drug test and will show up to work on time for more than a week.

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195 Mexican Laborers using questionable means.

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what makes you say that? most mexicans i have worked with will do exactly what you tell them. they will cut corners if you are on top of it but that goes for american laborers as well.

i do not support the hiring of illegals. but just cans they are mexican doesnt mean they are illegal.