In August 1996 President Bill Clinton signed the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act that
fulfilled his campaign promise to "end welfare as we know it," and
one month later the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act passed, deepening restrictions on immigrant and
welfare provisions. These acts harshly and disproportionately
affected Asian immigrants who continue to experience the legacy of
this legislation today.
Lynn Fujiwara reveals a neglected aspect of the Asian immigrant
story: the ill effects of welfare reform on Asian immigrant women
and families. Mothers without Citizenship" intertwines the issues
of social and legal citizenship, arguing that these draconian
measures redefined immigrants as outsiders whose lack of
citizenship was used to deem them ineligible for public benefits.
Fujiwara shows how these people are both a vulnerable, invisible
group and active agents of change.
At once astute policy analysis and insightful research, Mothers
without Citizenship" is a significant contribution to this
country's immigration controversy, offering much-needed nuance to
the discussion of the consequences of social policy on Asian
immigrant communities and complicating debates solely focused
around the politics of the border.
Lynn Fujiwara is assistant professor in the Program of Women's and
Gender Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of
Oregon.
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