In New Orleans workers were imported from all over the world to help rebuild after Katrina. There were cases in which non-US residents were kept in a virtual slavery. Many people who'd lived in New Orleans couldn't find reconstruction jobs.

We need to build a workforce for rebuilding made largely from those who lived here before the tornadoes struck. They should work in jobs that have guaranteed minimum wages and work place safety measures, as the law requires.

How better to promote economic development?