When the Latino population, who showed up in the Gulf Coast post-Katrina can’t find health care, it begs this question
Jorge Rodríguez*, a Honduran day laborer working in New Orleans, was mugged last year, five blocks from his house. His assailant fired several rounds and stole his identification and thousands of dollars, as Jorge had just been paid. He took one bullet in the shoulder, severely damaging the brachial nerve, and one in the upper back, which miraculously lodged in his spine without causing much damage. He was lucky to survive. ...