Oh, you got it made, Girlfriend! You don't have to worry about residency. You will probably want to pay a visit to a U.S. consulate and apply for a U.S. passport if you do not already have one, and a social security card. With those two documents in hand, you can live wherever you like in the US (well, not New Orleans at the moment!) and work at any job you are professionally and physically qualified for.
Yes, it is a shame that selling a little tail is illegal (except in parts of Nevada where it is legal and regulated) but as a citizen you would not have to worry about deportation... just the usual normal hassles of being a target of undercover cop stings or being harassed by uniformed cops. But if you are seriously considering it, and if you are not gay or bi, then I would suggest setting up in New Orleans once things have returned to normal. If you are nicely cut and with a cute face, you can do pretty well at Unisex or at LA Hardbodies on Bourbon Street. I worked that sort of thing for a short while, just before beginning my transition, and the money can be good. Sometimes women make offers of considerable sums of money if you are real quality beef. Men's propositions outnumber women's of course, by probably a factor of 10, but really you can make it on just tips if you can get over the idea of men pawing you when they tip. That gives you a plausible reason to have money on hand, and a job that you can point to and say you are gainfully employed. Then also you don't have to pressure yourself to turn a trick, because you make a fair living legally. You can be selective, and you can turn down those that you feel might be cops. You can wait for good propositions rather than hustle your ass to one and all.
There will be work in demolition, cleanup, and construction, of course, but not many good places to live. I don't know what they will do for such workers... probably house them temporarily in the damaged hotels, or maybe bring in tents or something. It will be rough living for a while, but I am thinking the money will be good.
There will also be a lot of oilfield work available. For that, your best bet is not New Orleans, but rather the Morgan City area. There are places that hire unskilled or semi-skilled roustabouts and they provide room and board that is deducted from your pay. The company rents you out to other companies and pays you out of what they get for your ass. Labor pimping. The work is usually hard and dirty and dangerous, but it is a leg up if you have no skills. The customer will notice if you are a hard, safe, and efficient worker who is a team player and a quick study, and often your temp gig with a customer turns into a permanent job. You also have your feet on the ground and can study where all the places are to find work. There will be a lot of work in the oil patch since oil prices are up so high and there is so much damage to production facilities offshore. Not all of this work is for roustabouts... there are also jobs in housekeeping and food service offshore. Also work on crewboats, utility and supply boats, tugs, stuff like that. Set yourself up in a roustabout camp like Crew Services or Roustabouts Inc, or BT Enterprises, and go through the process with the coast guard to get your Z card and any other qualifications that you need for the type of vessel you want to work on. To work as a roustabout on a rig or platform does not require any documents from the coast guard. One thing about working offshore... you are working 12 hour days, 7 days a week. That is 84 hours but it is equivelant to 102 hours pay, since all time after 40 hours is overtime paid at time-and-a-half. If your expenses are low, you can save some money even at relatively low wages. And wages will be increasing, you can bet on that. I have a feeling that one of these options might suit you better than selling your ass. You will have a lot of tough competition in that line of work unless there is really something special about you.

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