Implications of the 1996 welfare and immigration reform acts for US immigration

Population and Development Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 769-801

  Espenshade, Thomas J ^a   Baraka, Jessica L ^a   Huber, Gregory A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; WELFARE AND IMMIGRATION REFORM ACTS (1996); WELFARE BENEFITS;

USA;

EID: 0031401801     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137379     Document Type: Review

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