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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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. Fujiwara reveals the ill effects of welfare reform on Asian immigrant women and families. Intertwining the issues of social and legal citizenship and 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. From publisher description.

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction. Sanctioning Immigrants: “Ending Welfare as We Know It”......Page 14
1. New Nativism and Welfare Reform: Asian Immigrants as Racialized Foreigners......Page 32
2. Welfare Reform and the Politics of Citizenship......Page 53
3. Refugees Betrayed......Page 82
4. The Rush for Citizenship: Naturalization as a Technocratic Apparatus of Exclusion......Page 124
5. On Not Making Ends Meet: Mothers without Citizenship......Page 159
6. The Devaluation of Immigrant Families......Page 185
Conclusion: The Continuing Significance of Racialized Citizenship......Page 210
Notes......Page 230
A......Page 258
C......Page 259
D......Page 260
F......Page 261
H......Page 262
I......Page 263
N......Page 264
P......Page 265
S......Page 267
T......Page 268
W......Page 269
Z......Page 270

Contents 8
Acknowledgments 10
Introduction. Sanctioning Immigrants: “Ending Welfare as We Know It” 14
1. New Nativism and Welfare Reform: Asian Immigrants as Racialized Foreigners 32
2. Welfare Reform and the Politics of Citizenship 53
3. Refugees Betrayed 82
4. The Rush for Citizenship: Naturalization as a Technocratic Apparatus of Exclusion 124
5. On Not Making Ends Meet: Mothers without Citizenship 159
6. The Devaluation of Immigrant Families 185
Conclusion: The Continuing Significance of Racialized Citizenship 210
Notes 230
Index 258
A 258
B 259
C 259
D 260
E 261
F 261
G 262
H 262
I 263
J 264
K 264
L 264
M 264
N 264
O 265
P 265
R 267
S 267
T 268
U 269
V 269
W 269
X 270
Y 270
Z 270

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