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- Rebuilding After Katrina: A Population Based Study of Labor and Human Rights in New Orleans - June 2006
- Half the reconstruction workforce in New Orleans is Latino of which 54% are undocumented.
- All workers have been left vulnerable to exploitation due to a lack of legal protection. This is especially true for undocumented workers.
- Few workers have adequate access to health care.
- Post-Katrina, New Orleans coming back more Hispanic - Christian Science Monitor 2006-06-12
- 14,000 Hispanics have moved to New Orleans since Katrina.
- Hispanic immigrants picked up in Louisiana - United Press International 2006-03-18
- Thousands of Hispanic workers flocked to the city for work after the storm.
- The Gulf Rush - In These Times [2006-03-13]
- Workers are being recruited from throughout the country. Most are immigrants from Mexico. Guatemala, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Brazil. She estimates that there are at least 100,000 now working in the Gulf Region says Mary Bauer, director of the Immigrant Justice Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama.
- Hispanic Business Resources and Technology Center opens in Kenner - Southeastern Louisiana University 2006-03-13
- The Hispanic population in Louisiana is now estimated at between 175,000 and 200,000 with most living in South Louisiana.
- Illegals Cost Mississippi $25M - borderwatch.us/ca 2006-02-26
- In Mississippi gulf coast: No accurate count of illegal immigrants exist, though some estimates top 100,000.
- Hispanics help rebuild New Orleans - The Washington Times 2006-06-22
- Some estimate that around 30,000 Hispanic workers flocked to the Gulf coast in the first three months after the storm.
- Hispanics bring agency new urgency - Times-Picayune 2006-02-05
- Estimated that 60 to 70% of Hispanic population has returned to New Orleans with 30,000 new migrant workers – executive director of Hispanic Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans
- Post-Katrina wave of Mexican migrant workers reflects changes in immigration trends that began around 1990 - Rice University 2006-01-12 [1]
- The post-Katrina surge in the Latin American population along the Gulf Coast was the continuation of a trend that has began in the mid 1990s
- The Gulf Coast Latin American Association claims that 30,000 Latino workers had come to the Gulf Coast by November
- In New Orleans, No Easy Work for Willing Latinos - Washington Post 2005-12-18
- Demographers predict that the Hispanic population will soar from its current levels of 3% in New Orleans and 7% in suburban Jefferson Parish.
- A New Spice in the Gumbo: Will Latino Day Laborers Locating in New Orleans Change its Complexion - Newsweek 2005-12-05
- According the 2000 Census New Orleans was just 3% Hispanic and 67% African-American, with much of the population evacuated en masse it is unknown whether the influx of Latinos to work will change the future demographics of the city.
- Even if many workers leave, the city’s Hispanic population seems destined to grow significantly to join an existing community with mostly Central American roots.
- Illegal Immigrants Take Many Reconstruction Jobs in New Orleans - Voice of America 2005-11-10
- Hispanic population has been increasing steadily.
- Some reports claim 30,000 Hispanics have come to NOLA since Katrina.
- Immigrants rush to New Orleans as builders fight for workers - Work Permit.com 2005-10-11
- A new service class may emerge in NOLA, Hispanics may come for the construction work and then stay to work in hotels etc.
- La Nueva Orleans Los Angeles Times - 2005-09-25
- Many Latino immigrants and migrant workers will come to the Gulf Coast for construction jobs. They may not intend to stay but the longer the jobs last, the more they will settle permanently.
- Trend is witnessed by looking at Hurricane Andrew.
- There is increased reliance on Latino immigrant labor in US construction firms.
