In the fallout of Hurricane Katrina a decade ago, Latinos of diverse nationalities poured into New Orleans to assist in the reconstruction of the city. The Latino bloom has been met with polar responses, from harassment and discrimination to exploding entrepreneurial opportunities and cultural flourishing. NBC News examines the new Latino presence in the post-Katrina Big Easy.
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The low-skilled counterpart to the U.S.’s highly promoted H1-B program, the H-2 visa program brings guest workers to the U.S. to fill low- or unskilled labor positions, including farm work, construction, household maintenance, and elements of the food harvesting supply chain. BuzzFeed News investigates how limited enforcement of regulations and workers’ unbreakable tie to their employer while in the country exacerbate employer-employee power inequalities in the program, leaving guest workers vulnerable to slavery-like exploitation including wage undercutting, visa and passport withholding, illegal fee leveraging, basic resource deprivation, and more insidious threats like sexual violence and death.
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