State policies for undocumented immigrants : policy-making and outcomes in the U.S., 1998-2005

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Label

State policies for undocumented immigrants : policy-making and outcomes in the U.S., 1998-2005

Title remainder

policy-making and outcomes in the U.S., 1998-2005

Statement of responsibility

Andrew Thangasamy

Creator

• Thangasamy, Andrew
• Thangasamy, Andrew

Subject

• Aliens -- Government policy -- United States -- States
• Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States -- States

Language

eng

Summary

Thangasamy examines state level policy making for undocumented immigrants in the United States between 1998 and 2005. This period saw heightened state legislative activity regarding access to higher education and the availability of driver?s licenses and health benefits for undocumented immigrants. Some states chose to extend these benefits to undocumented immigrants while some did not. Thangasamy seeks to explain the variation in state responses. He tested partisanship, interest group politics, bureaucratic politics, and the role of race and ethnicity to explain policy variation. While, neith

Member of

• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
• The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

325.7309/0511

Index

index present

LC call number

JV6483

LC item number

.T48 2010eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography