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Immigrants Detained at Katrina Job Site

By immigrationprof

Agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency detained more than 100 temporary contract workers on possible immigration violations. source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, Oct. 21, 2005

Earlier this week, Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, asked ICE to investigate reports that the use of undocumented workers by contractors hired to do Hurricane Katrina relief work was becoming “chronic.” Her office received complaints that 75 electronicians hired to help put together a tent city at a Naval Air Station had been replaced by workers willing to work for less money. Based on that request, ICE conducted a raid on Wednesday and made the arrests.

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, Oct. 21, 2005

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