According to
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12885261.htm
of 2005 Oct 13
Undocumented immigrants flock to jobs on Gulf Coast
...
Lured here by the promise of fat paychecks and an emergency
federal decree temporarily suspending immigration-enforcement
sanctions, they sleep in tents, crowded hotel rooms and sometimes
even in parking lots. They're hauling trash and cutting trees,
fastening tarps to damaged roofs and tearing out wet Sheetrock
from thousands of soaked buildings.
It started out as a trickle. But over time, Hurricane Katrina has
unleashed a flood of immigrants - some legal, some not - into New
Orleans and other coastal communities ...
...
Already, critics are complaining that they're losing work to
cheaper, imported labor, even as immigrant advocates say the
foreign workers themselves are being exploited.
At a recent seminar about the rebuilding efforts, New Orleans
Mayor Ray Nagin asked the crowd: "How do I ensure that New Orleans
is not overrun by Mexican workers?"
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