If he'd mention something "free" instead of "work" he might have got more response---
Jobs Going to Immigrants?
With labor at a premium in New Orleans, the Los Angeles Times reports that illegal Hispanic immigrants are scooping up high paying construction jobs. But Jesse Jackson (search) thinks displaced New Orleans residents should get those jobs and he's blaming the Bush administration for failing to put evacuees to work rebuilding their city.
Jackson has taken matters into his own hands, leading a caravan of buses to St Louis to convince evacuees to return home and go to work, and bringing the message that New Orleans citizens "should have priority over imported workers to rebuild the city." But only three people boarded the Jackson's bus in St Louis and two of those spoke only Spanish.
Jobs Going to Immigrants?
With labor at a premium in New Orleans, the Los Angeles Times reports that illegal Hispanic immigrants are scooping up high paying construction jobs. But Jesse Jackson (search) thinks displaced New Orleans residents should get those jobs and he's blaming the Bush administration for failing to put evacuees to work rebuilding their city.
Jackson has taken matters into his own hands, leading a caravan of buses to St Louis to convince evacuees to return home and go to work, and bringing the message that New Orleans citizens "should have priority over imported workers to rebuild the city." But only three people boarded the Jackson's bus in St Louis and two of those spoke only Spanish.
