This would no doubt be a wide spread practice if the government would look into it....but they are only doing the work Americans dont want...
Jorge Arbusto is deeply saddened.
You have to come up with minority subs from somewhere to fullful the set-aside/quota/’goal’ if you want the contract.
Glad they caught these guys, but...
You don't need a welding certificate to install rebar. There is usually no welding involved. Also very easy to tell if the work was done properly.
Finally, want to bet the states involved promoted this firm to get minority procurement credits?
Reaping what we sow.
Note to self: Stay the hell off Biloxi Bay Bridge.........
Another government lie. It looks like the illegals are doing the jobs that Americans would do and better.
It really makes me angry when our government lies to us about illegals being underpaid. I just read about an illegal here doing sheet rock for money than I earn. I am not sure if he is paying taxes; however he is receiving benefits.
What is going through GW’s mind that he would take jobs, money, food and shelter away from real Americans. People that voted for him?
Mississippi Ping,,,,,,,,
Who was doing the repairs on the collapsed bridge in Minneapolis?
BTTT!
There are a huge number of different welding certificates and most are hard to get since the welding is difficult. It is one thing to hire welders with proper certification and another to hire uncertified welders who might have excellent welding skills. Big problem for the construction company since it involves bonding and that is big money.
Williams Bros in Houston has hired illegals in Houston forever.
1979 was the gateway year.
Drive in Houston and you will see what I mean.
When the Harris County courthouse being built,
it was raided by La Migra in 97.
The concrete sub lost over 50% of their workforce.
25% of those were back to work within two weeks.
I can understand this guy being prosecuted. He has the right to his day in court. However, on what basis can "our" government just go in and seize nearly 1/2 a mil out of a company's bank account? Its not like he's been proven guilty yet in a court of law. These "government seizures" seem to be getting out of hand in my mind.
Why would anyone be remotely surprised by this? The fact that they are is amazing. Facts are out there if one chooses to avail themselves of them.
Otherwise don’t gripe and just live with the wave of the future.
That happened out here in the early ‘80’s. The Washington Public Power Supply System was going balls to the walls on constructing nuclear power plants. (http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5482)
Several West Coast companies the biggest being Familian, was caught doing the exact same thing faking certs on imported steel, pipe and valves and altering the look of the material to resemble domestic material. A couple of V.P.’s of Familian served time.
A small shop in Seattle Tsubota Steel & Pipe was caught painting, restamping product sold to the WPPSS contract buyers imported product Tsubota’s V.P. deemed having equivalent qualities as domestic steel and valves costing two thirds more. Tsubota would provide samples of material ordered by WPPSS to independent testing labs for certification and substitute the delivered order with counterfeit material. This was CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS.
It was a widespread problem. Every other supplier in the area had either done something similar or had been asked to by a WPPSS contract buyer. People went to jail, long time companies failed, WPPSS became the largest muni-bond default in American history and nuclear power never became a reality in the Pacific Northwest. We actually had a female nuclear scientist as Governor at the time who would have been remembered as a visionary had the nuke plants came on line. However, she was a democrat and like anything else socialist government does, it quickly achieved FUBAR status.
Issue bid to rebuild bridged and let Tarrasco steel and the prime contractor pay for the rebuild. Then action off all their assets as a fine.
I wonder what it takes to get a welding certificate. And I wonder how many bridges were built in this country with non-certificate-wielding welders. And I wonder how many of those bridges collapsed.
gee, is making good rebar welds important for bridge supports? /sarc
Many of those arrested worked for the Greenville-based Tarrasco Steel, a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said, and were employed on construction of a new U.S. 82 bridge over the Mississippi River between Greenville and Lake Village, Ark.
Tarrasco, owned by Jose S. Gonzalez, has been under ICE investigation following allegations of criminal misconduct. Tarrasco Steel provides steel re-bar and employees for construction jobs.
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