Aftermath of Katrina

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This paper addresses the issue of rebuilding the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, the writer discuss the hiring of illegal immigrants; in addition, it maintains that the job of rebuilding rightfully belongs to those hardest hit by the disaster: the residents who have weathered the storm, and who will most likely remain residents after the reconstruction efforts are completed. It argues that these are the people who need, now more than ever, the chance to regain their lives, their homes, and their city: they need to be given the jobs to rebuild their cities.

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"It has been months since Hurricane Katrina wrought its havoc on the Gulf Coast, destroying lives, homes, dreams, and hopes-yet the struggle to survive goes on. However, for those who suffered most from the hurricane, it seems the worst is yet to come. Generous government allocations have been set aside, and indeed, they have come, but with strings attached. The things that have happened in the wake of the storm make the aftermath seem more treacherous than the event itself. In some ways, one can say that Katrina was only the eye of the storm."

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