Why No Outrage Over New Orleans Mayor’s “Overrun By Mexican Workers” Remark?
Byron Pitts did a story on last night’s “CBS Evening News” called “Nuevo New Orleans.” In it, Pitts reported a wave of legal and illegal immigrants coming into New Orleans seeking employment. At a town hall meeting with small business owners, Mayor Ray Nagin said on camera: “How do I make sure that New Orleans is not overrun by Mexican workers?” Given the recent outcry concerning statements made by Bill Bennett, one has to wonder why there is no similar outrage over Nagin’s remarks. Or, how about the way Pitts finishes the segment: “The worry here: Will it look like the old New Orleans when it’s over?” What follows is a full transcript of this report along with a video link. Byron Pitts: Reporter: New Orleans’ distinct American culture, threatened first by floodwaters, is now threatened again, say locals, by a flood of a different sort. Sunrise to sunset, both legal and illegal immigrants arrive here by the busload, brought in by big corporate contractors like Halliburton. While tens o
