CIEJ, Study says welfare and immigration laws create inequities. Half of county's children have noncitizen parents.
Study says welfare and immigration laws create inequities.
Mixed-Status Families in an Era of Reform. The new study, based on 1998 census data, gives the clearest picture yet of the growing numbers of mixed-status families, an emerging demographic phenomenon. Policymakers often assume that families in the United States are generally made up of either all citizens or all noncitizens. But the study says those presumptions are outdated. A major reason for the high proportion of mixed families in Los Angeles County, experts say, is the large number of settlers from Mexico and Central America.