In August 2005, rising waters from Hurricane Katrina compromised several of New Orleans’ levees, causing extensive flooding that, in the face of government inaction, resulted in the deaths of 1,400 people and a large‐scale evacuation of the city. As long‐term residents of the city evacuated, New Orleans witnessed an influx of new Latino/a immigrants who arrived to demolish irreparable structures, clear toxic debris, and rebuild. Disaster recovery work draws on construction and low‐skilled service sectors, which are already niches for undocumented Latino/a labour in the USA. Migration to disaster recovery sites is a potentially lucrative strategy for undocumented migrants, who use their mobility to seek better employment. By highlighting differences in gendered labour experiences in a neoliberal disaster‐recovery context, this study illustrates how migrant‐labour niches and a lack of reproductive support systems constrain opportunities and shape migrants’ mobility strategies. Through a perspective of constrained agency, it considers how migrants’ experiences differ according to gender as they negotiate labour and care possibilities. The constraints on migrant aspirations are explored through interview and survey data collected from 256 Latino/a migrants to post‐Katrina New Orleans who were working between 2006 and 2008. The paper argues that while disaster recovery sites create opportunity for some of the most vulnerable workers, gendered immigrant employment niches and the absence of reproductive support constrain women’s success.

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区域流动战略的性别限制：拉丁裔/向卡特里娜飓风后的新奥尔良移民

2005年8月，卡特里娜飓风造成的水位上升，破坏了新奥尔良的几条堤防，导致大量洪水泛滥，面对政府的不作为，该地区有1400人死亡，大规模撤离该城市。随着该城市的长期居民撤离，新奥尔良目睹了新的拉丁裔移民涌入，他们拆除了无法修复的建筑物，清除了有毒碎片，并进行了重建。灾难恢复工作依赖于建筑和低技能的服务部门，这些部门已经成为美国无证拉丁裔/劳动力的利基。对于无证移民而言，迁移到灾难恢复站点是一项潜在的有利可图的战略，他们利用流动性寻求更好的就业机会。通过强调在新自由主义灾难恢复背景下性别劳动经历的差异，这项研究说明了农民工的生态位和缺乏生殖支持系统如何限制机会并塑造移民的流动策略。通过约束机构的角度，它考虑了移民在协商劳动和照料可能性时的经历如何根据性别而有所不同。通过对从256名拉丁裔/ a移民到卡特里娜飓风之后的新奥尔良（2006年至2008年）工作的访谈和调查数据，探索了对移民愿望的限制。该论文认为，尽管灾难恢复站点为一些最脆弱的工人创造了机会，性别移民就业ni位以及缺乏生殖支持限制了妇女的成功。通过约束机构的角度，它考虑了移民在协商劳动和照料可能性时的经历如何根据性别而有所不同。通过对从256名拉丁裔/ a移民到卡特里娜飓风之后的新奥尔良（2006年至2008年）工作的访谈和调查数据，探索了对移民愿望的限制。该论文认为，尽管灾难恢复站点为一些最脆弱的工人创造了机会，性别移民就业ni位以及缺乏生殖支持限制了妇女的成功。通过约束机构的角度，它考虑了移民在协商劳动和照料可能性时的经历如何根据性别而有所不同。通过对从256名拉丁裔/ a移民到卡特里娜飓风之后的新奥尔良（2006年至2008年）工作的访谈和调查数据，探索了对移民愿望的限制。该论文认为，尽管灾难恢复站点为一些最脆弱的工人创造了机会，性别移民就业ni位以及缺乏生殖支持限制了妇女的成功。