My thought were to yes, open our resources up to them for a time being. Everyone in that shelter should be registered, finger printed and given an ID. Oh Im sure the ACLU would file a lawsuit.
We have to know what/who we are welcoming in. It also allows the City/State to help with finding jobs, homes etc.
Dallas for one is not doing that. They are putting colored arm bands on the evacuee's and letting them out(they are not prisoners,according to a DPS officer)to roam the City.
If we or any other state ends up with some of the prisoners who were let out in NO or other surronding areas, it is important to know who they are. Finger printing helps us determain if someone is who they say they are. Identity theft could be on the rise if we are not careful.
This is starting to remind me of the 1980 Cuban Mariel boatlift where Castro unloaded his prisoners on the U.S...and we were dumb enough to take them.