Hiring Illegals

Illegals were able to get construction jobs in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, however, they have a problem with being targets for customs' enforcement:

Workers still cluster outside Home Depot and Lowe's hoping a contractor will hire them. But they say their gathering spots have become targets for undercover U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who hold up the prospect of day's pay as bait.

ICE spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez wouldn't confirm sting operations, but said "ICE conducts targeted enforcement actions based on intelligence and investigative leads in both criminal and administrative cases."

Did legal workers cost the major contractors too much? Legal workers go unemployed while illegal workers get the jobs. Nice going.