Federal Policies Restrict Immigrant Children’s Access to Key Public Benefits

Publication Date: October 2005

Publisher: Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty

Author(s): Kinsey Alden Dinan

Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions

Keywords: immigrant families; welfare

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Despite high levels of employment, immigrant families are more likely to be low income and experience other hardships than families with native-born parents. Federal policies that limit immigrant families' ability to participate in food stamps, public health insurance, and other key income and work support programs threaten the economic security of millions of America's children.