A story appeared in the national newspaper USA TODAY on June 7,
2006, regarding the vital, but illegal, immigrant workers who
labored on post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction in New Orleans. A
study conducted by professors at Tulane University and the
University of California at Berkeley found that the workers were
distinctly vulnerable to exploitation due to their illegal status.
Despite the fact that under federal labor law illegal workers are
to be afforded the same protections as their legal counterparts,
these...