Undocumented Mexicans in the USAWhen this volume was published in 1990, undocumented Mexican immigrants had become an important component of the US population. In this book the author analyzes the results of a unique survey conducted in Los Angeles County, where an estimated 44 percent of the undocumented Mexican population lived. The survey allows the author to make comparisons among the groups of undocumented and legal Mexican immigrants and to study the effects of legal status on their living conditions. The author also examines the findings of a number of other social scientists, providing a comprehensive summary of the data on undocumented Mexicans in the US. In his conclusion, he turns to an evaluation of policy options for incorporating this group into the US population and for immigrants. The book will be useful to sociologists and other social scientists as well as to lawyers and policy experts studying the problem of illegal immigrants. |
Contents
determinants | 7 |
numbers geographic | 34 |
Alternative ways of surveying the undocumented and some | 72 |
How the Los Angeles County Parents data were obtained | 88 |
The validity of data on legal status | 98 |
A comparison of the social characteristics of undocumented | 106 |
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AFDC Angeles County Parents annual earnings Arsdol average border born in Mexico California CENIET Census of Population census tract characteristics childless sisters decade docu fathers of Mexican hourly wage household illegal aliens immi immigrants from Mexico impact income interview Jalisco legal immigrants Legal Native legal status Legal living Los Angeles County male Mexican origin Mexican origin subdivided Mexican-born Mexican-origin population Mexico City Migration Mother's legal status mothers and fathers native-born naturalized citizens number of legal number of persons number of undocumented percent Percentage distribution permanent legal resident Pico Rivera proportion reported respondents sample San Gabriel Valley shuttle migrants SMSA snowball samples spouse subdivided by legal Table ted grant total fertility rate total hours total number U.S. Bureau U.S. citizens U.S. Immigration umented Undocumented Aliens undocumented immigrants undocumented Mexican immigrants undocumented mothers undocumented persons undocumented workers United unmarried brothers Urban Institute variables Weighted number women Zacatecas