Hispanic influence returns to Big Easy

“Yet two centuries later, Hispanic influence is re-establishing itself across the Gulf Coast. Immigrant workers are arriving by the thousands. As they labor to rebuild what Hurricane Katrina destroyed, growing murmurs note the region’s demographic shift. When all is rebuilt, might Nueva Orleans be a more appropriate name?

Mayor Ray Nagin recently wondered as much, posing a question only a nonwhite mayor could ask with impunity: “How do I ensure that New Orleans is not overrun by Mexican workers?”"

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