xxx, 239 p. : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-225) and index, Introduction : sanctioning immigrants : \"ending welfare as we know it\" -- New nativism and welfare reform : Asian immigrants as racialized foreigners -- Welfare reform and the politics of citizenship -- Refugees betrayed -- The rush for citizenship : naturalization as a technocratic apparatus of exclusion -- On not making ends meet : mothers without citizenship -- The devaluation of immigrant families -- Conclusion : the continuing significance of racialized citizenship

ia/motherswithoutci0000fuji.pdf

Lynn Fujiwara

e-flux

United States, United States of America

Minneapolis, Minn, Minnesota, 2008

Minneapolis, c2008

New Edition, 2008

1, PT, 2008

Includes bibliographical references and index.

<p><P>In August 1996 President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act that fulfilled his campaign promise to &ldquo;end welfare as we know it,&rdquo; 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. </p> <P>&nbsp;</p> <P>Lynn Fujiwara reveals a neglected aspect of the Asian immigrant story&#58; 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. </p> <P>&nbsp;</p> <P>At once astute policy analysis and insightful research, Mothers without Citizenship is a significant contribution to this country&rsquo;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.</p> <P>&nbsp;</p> <P>Lynn Fujiwara is assistant professor in the Program of Women&rsquo;s and Gender Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon.</p></p>

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.

2023-06-28