Immigration Agency Unable to Measure Undocumented Workers in Gulf States
06/05/2009
By Angelle Bergeron

It may seem as though the number of immigrants on the Gulf Coast has grown since Hurricane Katrina created a need for workers, but there is no hard evidence to determine the population of immigrants, documented or undocumented, says Temple Black, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


Photo: Sam Barnes
Some feel that the construction industry is exploiting Hispanic workers by paying insufficient wages.

Photo: Sam Barnes
Immigration officials say that there is no hard evidence to determine the population of immigrants, documented or undocumented, along the Gulf Coast.


“If we knew where the illegals were, we would go out and detain them,â€