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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thangasamy, Andrew.

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Government policy--United States--States.

Immigrants.

Noncitizens--Government policy--United States--States.

Noncitizens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

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, neither

Contents:

Comparative immigration studies and U.S. sub-national state policy making

A nested analysis of state policy outcomes for undocumented immigrants

Lowering barriers to higher education for undocumented immigrants

Licensing undocumented immigrant drivers in the states, 1998-2005

Pre-natal health care for undocumented immigrant women

Framing the problem: undocumented immigrants and issues in the states

Explaining progressive state policy making for undocumented immigrants in the U.S. states.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.

ISBN:

9781593326371

1593326378

OCLC:

818819107