As previously discussed, illegal aliens are being allowed to take Katrina rebuilding jobs.

Since that time, Senator Harry Reid supported amnesty for illegal aliens, and in his speech he specifically referenced those Hispanic immigrants who are "living in the shadows." The only problem is that he was refering to those illegal aliens in Biloxi who are taking jobs that could and should go to those Americans who were affected by the storm. Linda Chavez said something similar.

And, Gregory Rodriguez of the Los Angeles Times went even further, predicting that "La Nueva Orleans" would become like Los Angeles.

From the other side, Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA) came out against Vicente Fox' offer to help rebuild the Gulf Coast.

Just recently, the WSJ reported on an immigration raid of a Red Cross shelter in Long Beach, MS. It includes this:

undocumented workers are likely to be a major part of the massive cleanup and rebuilding, competing for jobs against some non-Hispanics thrown out of work by the hurricanes.

And, a CSM article contains this:

At a time when Latino immigrants are expected to form a big part of the Gulf Coast reconstruction labor pool, the Department of Homeland Security has temporarily suspended sanctioning employers who hire workers unable to prove their citizenship, essentially allowing contractors to hire undocumented workers.

Perhaps most worrisome of all, Customs and Border Protection seems to have established a new policy to allow in relief workers from other countries. Steven Gregory of KFI AM 640 Los Angeles has obtained a copy of an internal memo which he described on the air earlier today. The memo sounds very similar to something that was already published here, although some of the language of the new memo doesn't appear in that version. The memo seems to give CBP personnel the ability to invite in anyone who says they're here to do rebuilding work.

KFI confirmed the memo, and discussed this with a CBP spokeswoman.

UPDATE: Steven Gregory says that what's at the last link is the same memo that he has; apparently my 'finds' at that page for phrases said over the air were in error.

And, the Dallas Morning News reports on an angry townhall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 6 in "Businesses lash out at FEMA". NO businesses are concerned about no-bid contracts going to out of state firms, while local businesses are shut out.

Buried near the end of the article by Karen Brooks comes this:

...In a passionate speech that brought the crowd to a standing ovation, [mayor Ray Nagin] criticized the no-bid contracts awarded by FEMA in the days after the hurricane and demanded that the nation's big recovery contractors hire local workers at decent wages...

He added that businesses are probably wondering how the city can "make sure that New Orleans is not overrun by Mexican workers."

He apparently was referring to the hiring of immigrant workers at low wages. Calls to Mr. Nagin's spokeswoman, Sally Foreman, to clarify the remark were not returned Thursday...

Perhaps I'm wrong, but I take that last bit to be an attempt by the DMN to play PC Police and imply that Nagin's remarks were, as they say, "insensitive". I was unable to get in touch with either Brooks or Foreman to get more information but if I do I'll update this post.

UPDATE 2: The AP offers a report that the Houston Chronicle titles "Hispanics doing much of the cleanup in New Orleans". As you can imagine, they're actually referring to illegal aliens. The AP starts out with a few stock paragraphs about them doing the dirty jobs Americans won't do. Then, it describes the very unsafe conditions under which they're working, even giving the name of one of the companies involved. What they describe is what happens when our "leaders" support illegal immigration, and this whole matter should be a major scandal. Please contact your representatives as well as the media and suggest they push this issue.