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Contents Acknowledgments vii About the Authors ix Chapter 1 Immigrants and Welfare: Overview 1 Michael E. Fix, Randy Capps, and Neeraj Kaushal PART I POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT 37 Chapter 2 Limiting Welfare Benefits for Noncitizens: Emergence of Compromises 39 Ron Haskins Chapter 3 Welfare Reform after a Decade: Integration, Exclusion, and Immigration Federalism 69 Michael J. Wishnie PART II TRENDS IN BENEFIT USE AND REFORM’S IMPACTS 91 Chapter 4 Immigrant Welfare Receipt: Implications for Immigrant Settlement and Integration 93 Jennifer Van Hook and Frank D. Bean Chapter 5 Trends in Immigrants’ Use of Public Assistance after Welfare Reform 123 Randy Capps, Michael E. Fix, and Everett Henderson Chapter 6 Changes in Immigrants’ Use of Medicaid and Food Stamps: The Role of Eligibility and Other Factors 153 Leighton Ku Chapter 7 Welfare-Leaving and Child Health and Behavior in Immigrant and Native Families 193 Ariel Kalil and Danielle A. Crosby Index 229 vi Contents ...