Immigrants, welfare reform, and the poverty of policy / edited by Philip Kretsedemas and Ana Aparicio ; with a foreword by Ronald Walters, and concluding remarks by Kalyani Rai.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Ronald Walters -- 1. Introduction / Philip Kretsedemas and Ana Aparicio -- 2. Welfare reform and immigrants : a policy review / Audrey Singer -- 3. No safe haven : work, welfare, and the growth of immigrant exclusion / John Shields -- 4. Puerta abierta o puerta cerrada? : citizenship, health care, and welfare reform in New Mexico / Lisa Cacari Stone and Ana Guillermina Quiroz-Gibson -- 5. Disparate welfare needs and impacts of welfare reform among Illinois immigrants / Rob Paral -- 6. Avoiding the state : Haitian immigrants and welfare services in Miami-Dade County / Philip Kretsedemas -- 7. Immigrants' access to public health care systems in New York's "post-reform" era / Ana Aparicio -- 8. Welfare reform in Santa Clara county : the experiences of Mexican and Vietnamese immigrant women / Doris Ng -- 9. Community-based participatory action research : offering Hmong welfare recipients' voices for dialogue and change / Kalyani Rai -- 10. Resettlement experiences of Somali refugee women in Toronto / Arlene Herman and Neita Kay Israelite -- 11. Border residents manage the U.S. immigration and welfare reforms / Randy Capps, Jacqueline Hagan and Nestor Rodriguez -- 12. Con la ayuda de Dios? : El Pasoans manage the 1996 welfare and immigration law reforms / Kathleen Staudt and Randy Capps -- 13. Reflections on immigrant hardships after welfare reform : new challenges and changing trends / Kalyani Rai, Philip Kretsedemas and Ana Aparicio.