Posted on 01/11/2007 6:58:51 AM PST by nckerr
By Emer Mullins
The large increase in babies being born to immigrants in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is putting maternity hospitals in that city under strain, The New York Times has reported.
Hundreds of babies are being born to Latino immigrant workers, who flocked to the city to work during the reconstruction. “The throng of babies gurgling in the handful of operational maternity wards here has come as a big surprise — and a financial strain — to this historically black and white city, which before the hurricane had only a small Latino community and virtually no experience of illegal immigration,” according to the report.
Because many immigrant mothers cannot afford to pay for prenatal care or delivery services, New Orleans’s newest citizens are adding an unexpected load to the decimated health infrastructure in a city abandoned by many of its doctors after the hurricane.
Some 18 months after the hurricane struck, much of the public hospital system, remains closed. But pregnant immigrant women who don’t have health insurance don’t have that choice anymore. “Prenatal care is our daily nightmare,” said Shaula Lovera, programme coordinator for the Latino Health Access Network.
The two health units providing prenatal care run by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals saw more than 1,200 pregnant women — almost all Latino immigrants — from January to mid-November.
Before the hurricane, only two per cent of patients were Hispanic. That figure is now 96 per cent. The maternity clinic, previously held two days a week, is now held five days a week.
Figures from the Louisiana Health and Population Survey in late 2006 showed the number of Hispanics in Orleans and Jefferson parishes had increased from 10,000 in 2004 to 60,000 in 2006, while the state’s total population fell by some 25 per cent.
The babies are American citizens and future Donk voters.
Makes ya feel all warm and fuzzy, don't it?
These women all live somewhere near the hospitals in New Orleans. Why could the original residents of NOLA have gone back there and taken the jobs that these new residents are doing?
When will someone in "MSM" discuss that question?
/rhetorical questions
It's not just New Orleans. I am about 2 1/2 hours from NO and I guarantee that at least 20% of the people who I see shopping in Wal-Mart are Latinos. And few of them speak English.
When will the media use the correct term, ILLEGAL?
I'm in Biloxi, Ms., what you text is truth.
Welcome to Los Angeles.
"When will the media use the correct term, ILLEGAL?"
Right after they start calling them anchor babies.....LOL
Not in our lifetime.
What? A discussion about the aftermath of Katrina and no pics of looterman?
¡Viva América!
"Why could(n't) the original residents of NOLA have gone back there and taken the jobs that these new residents are doing?"
Many of the original residents of New Orleans that left did not work before the hurricane and have no intention of doing so now, as long as they can get handouts
Having a child born in the USA does not give you any legal protection against deportation whatever.
"(96% Uninsured Immigrants)" Shouldn't that be 96% Illegal Aliens?
It's an exchange of populations. Texas gets all those black welfare Democrats from the Big Easy, and NOLA gets all those Hispanic illegals from Texas. They'll be happy to keep them, because they were really worried about losing all those black Democrat voters.
Oh, the humanity.
I know, that's why it was just a rhetorical question. ;*)
Just posting a dig at our "press."
"Having a child born in the USA does not give you any legal protection against deportation whatever."
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You're funny. You think laws like that are enforced?
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Reminds me of Houston before the 60's. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
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