Population and Development Review · 1997 · 113 citations · 16 references
Public AffairsPublic PolicySocial PolicyImmigration PolicyMigration PolicyWelfare PolicyCitizenship PolicyImmigration BenefitsNaturalization PolicySocial Welfare PolicyWelfare EconomicsWelfare ReformAccess To Welfare BenefitsCost Savings AnalysisEligible PersonsImmigration Policy ReformImmigration ReformNaturalization PoliticsNaturalization ReformSocial Welfare Reform
The Personal Responsibility Act adds pressure on eligible legal immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship. The authors assess the impact of the 1996 U.S. welfare and immigration reforms.
The authors assess the impact of the U.S. welfare and immigration reforms enacted in 1996. They suggest that these reforms will produce unintended and possibly undesirable consequences. They argue in particular that the 1996 reform measures instead of preserving legal immigration and discouraging illegal immigration are more likely to reduce the former and expand incentives for the latter. In addition the Personal Responsibility Act creates added pressures for eligible legal immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship. To the extent that higher rates of naturalization were unanticipated by reformers of welfare policy the actual cost savings attributable to reduced benefits for noncitizens will be smaller than expected. (EXCERPT) (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
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Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective.
Martin Brockerhoff, Wayne A. Cornelius, Philip Martin et al. · Population and Development Review · 1995 · 676 citations