Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the Poverty of Policy

by Ana Aparicio and Kalyani Rai

In many respects, the United States remains a nation of immigrants. This is the first book length treatment of the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on a wide range of immigrant groups in North America. Contributors to the book draw on ethnographic fieldwork, government data, and original survey research to show how welfare reform has reinforced socio-economic hardships for working poor immigrants. As the essays reveal, reform laws have increased...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275978737
• ISBN13: 9780275978730
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"