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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822328103321

Autore

Thangasamy Andrew

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-59332-637-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

325.7309/0511

Soggetti

Noncitizens - Government policy - United States - States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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