Hispanics present evacuation challenge – New Orleans From: nola.com
Tagged: Louisiana, New OrleansPosted on: June 24th, 2008
A burgeoning Hispanic population has helped rebuild New Orleans during the past two and a half years. Now officials are coming to grips with the challenge of moving and finding safe refuge for that population should another hurricane threaten.
Since Hurricane Katrina, as many as 14,000 Hispanic immigrants have arrived in New Orleans to provide muscle and skills for the recovery effort. Now civic groups as well as government officials say overcoming cultural and language barriers between emergency officials and Spanish speakers — especially the undocumented — has taken on new urgency. “*
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