Documenting the Undocumented: A Review of the United States' First Municipal ID Program

Autor/inn/en	Lagunes, Paul F.; Levin, Brian M.; Ditlmann, Ruth K.
Titel	Documenting the Undocumented: A Review of the United States' First Municipal ID Program
Quelle	In: Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy, 24 (2012), S.43-62 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1074-1917
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Citizenship; Acculturation; Public Policy; Racial Differences; Hispanic Americans; Anglo Americans; Identification; Municipalities; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Staatsbürgerschaft; Akkulturation; Öffentliche Ordnung; Rassenunterschied; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Magistrat
Abstract	The City of New Haven, CT, sought to promote the assimilation of its immigrants by becoming the first American city to provide a government-backed ID, the Elm City Resident Card, to all residents. This article tests the policy's effectiveness in commerce. We find that Hispanics/Latinos are asked to present an ID more than Whites/Anglos, showing that the former are in greater need of documentation, regardless of their citizenship status. When a Hispanic/Latino presented the Elm City Resident Card to a cashier, it fared only as well as an unofficial ID. Thus, we conclude that the card has negligible utility as a form of documentation. (Contains 3 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10