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Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:00 AM

Gulf Coast slaves

Halliburton and its subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to clean up after Katrina -- only to mistreat them and throw them out without pay.
By Roberto Lovato

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  • Tuesday, November 15, 2005 03:41 PM

    Where's the outrage?

    Hire illegal immigrants (who presumably will be afraid to complain about mistreatment for fear of being deported), refuse to pay them, submit the bill for the wages that aren't being paid, and pocket the money. Nice little racket there. The CEOs of all the companies involved should be arrested -- and held without bail in a New Orleans jail.

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