TY - JOUR
T1 - From illegal to legal
T2 - Estimating previous illegal experience among new legal immigrants to the United States
AU - Jasso, Guillermina
AU - Massey, Douglas S.
AU - Rosenzweig, Mark R.
AU - Smith, James P.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper develops a framework for estimating previous illegal experience among annual cohorts of new legal immigrants to the United States -using public-use administrative microdata alone, survey data alone, and the two jointly -and provides estimates for the FY 1996 cohort of new immigrants, based on both administrative and survey data. Our procedures enable assessment of type of illegal experience, including entry without inspection, visa overstay, and unauthorized employment. We compare our estimates of previous illegal experience to estimates that would be obtained using administrative data alone; examine the extent of previous illegal experience by country of birth, immigrant class of admission, religion, and geographic residence in the United States; and estimate multivariate models of the probability of having previous illegal experience. To further assess origins and destinations, we carry out two kinds of contrasts, comparing formerly illegal new legal immigrants both to fellow immigrants who do not have previous illegal experience and also to the broader unauthorized population, the latter using estimates developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2002), Passel (2002), and Costanzo et.al. (2002).
AB - This paper develops a framework for estimating previous illegal experience among annual cohorts of new legal immigrants to the United States -using public-use administrative microdata alone, survey data alone, and the two jointly -and provides estimates for the FY 1996 cohort of new immigrants, based on both administrative and survey data. Our procedures enable assessment of type of illegal experience, including entry without inspection, visa overstay, and unauthorized employment. We compare our estimates of previous illegal experience to estimates that would be obtained using administrative data alone; examine the extent of previous illegal experience by country of birth, immigrant class of admission, religion, and geographic residence in the United States; and estimate multivariate models of the probability of having previous illegal experience. To further assess origins and destinations, we carry out two kinds of contrasts, comparing formerly illegal new legal immigrants both to fellow immigrants who do not have previous illegal experience and also to the broader unauthorized population, the latter using estimates developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2002), Passel (2002), and Costanzo et.al. (2002).
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00148.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00148.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:56549127025
SN - 0197-9183
VL - 42
SP - 803
EP - 843
JO - International Migration Review
JF - International Migration Review
IS - 4
ER -