All Under One Roof: Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform

Author: 
Fix, Michael and Wendy Zimmermann
Year: 
1999
Publisher: 
Urban Institute
Publication Location: 
Washington D.C.
Description: 

Nearly 1 in 10 families with children have mixed citizenship status, where one or more parents may be a noncitizen and one or more children may be a citizen. This study explores the reasons for the creation of a mixed-status family category and the unintended effects that social policies (such as the 1996 welfare restrictions) can have on citizen children.

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