Katrina Coverage

Here's a slight follow-up to "More Mary Landrieu and alleged illegal aliens employed by Halliburton subcontractor". As that pointed out, they hadn't been able to find out the actual employer of said alleged illegal aliens, and that continues. From Illegal workers found at La. base:
…It was unclear who employed the undocumented workers. Zuieback would not […]

The DU thread "BushCo. SUSPENDED immigration-enforcement sanctions against Companies", in addition to ungrammatical capitalization, has most DUmmies opposing Bush's moves against American workers. While it has a few politically-correct comments, most of the others seem to be on the right side of this issue.
Will the Dim leadership decide to support Americans rather than citizens of […]

Welcome to "compassionate" feudalism. From Immigrant workers risk danger for storm cash
At the day labor pickup spot by the Home Depot on Sydney Marcus Boulevard in Atlanta, workers leave for the Gulf Coast every few days as contractors stop and offer them jobs.
They'll eagerly take work cleaning out maggot-infested food from refrigerators in New Orleans […]

Landrieu says illegal workers hurt La.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is asking the Bush administration to send immigration enforcement officers to the Gulf Coast to investigate whether federal contractors are hiring undocumented workers to do Katrina recovery work.
"While my state experiences unemployment rates not seen since the Great Depression, it is unconscionable that illegal workers would […]

Bear in mind we aren't just talking about alleged illegal aliens taking jobs that should go to those Americans affected by the storm. We're also talking about them working on a U.S. Navy base, so there's that little extra kick in the teeth.
Dateline Alabama
Immigration agents detained a large number of illegal immigrants working for a […]

The columnist offers "Here come the Latinos - Jesse and Nagin are up in arms". Let's find out whether he's willing to put his country above his race:
Folks such as such as Jackson, who has also complained that too many of the government contracts to rebuild the city are going to firms outside Louisiana. Jackson […]

Details here.
…It remains unclear how much of the billions being spent on cleanup and repairs to homes and businesses has gone to Louisiana companies. On Oct. 6, in a speech to businesses at the Sheraton Hotel, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said, "I found out yesterday that 44 percent of the federal contracts and subcontracts have gone […]

Washington, DC–(HISPANIC PR WIRE)–October 19, 2005–In response to recent comments by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin regarding Mexican workers and their efforts to the clean-up and rebuilding of the city, the Unites States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) issued the following statement:
“At a time when this great country has united to lend a helping hand […]