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Download full textCherlin, Andrew; Fomby, Paula; Angel, Ronald; Henrici, Jane – 2001
The 1996 welfare reform law restricted immigrants' eligibility for public assistance, although many states have at least partially restored their eligibility. However, about three-fourths of the children of non-citizen immigrants were born in the United States and are therefore eligible for all government benefits. This brief examines whether…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Immigrants, Low Income Groups
