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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