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11/29/2005: "The Complex Complexion Of New Orleans"
Cinco De Mayo could be as widely celebrated in future New Orleans as Mardi Gras. Reports this week note the city is filling fast with Mexican immigrants, many undocumented. Before Katrina hit, New Orleans was 3 percent Latino. Since the rebuilding has begun, the migrant workers have come. This, combined with an observed African-American exodus may add up to a city with much more of a Latin flavor.
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