Immigrant children and their families
issues for research and policy
Van Hook, Jennifer
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Discussions about immigration, focused on such policy issues as labor force participation and use of welfare programs, frequently fail to include considerations of children’s well-being. Even those debates which center on programs that benefit children—such as schools, public assistance, and social welfare programs—are often based on issues related to short-term costs and societal impacts, neglecting considerations of the well-being and future contributions of immigrant children.Hence,
immigrant children have been rendered largely invisible in policy spheres. Yet first and second-generation immigrant children are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population under age 15.
Gender
Youth
Immigration terms
Immigration
The Future of Children
Summer/Fall 1995
72-89p.
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