Undocumented Mexicans in the USA (Paperback)

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Mexican immigration to the United States: determinants and trends; 3. Undocumented Mexican immigrants: numbers, geographic distribution, and social consequences; 4. Alternative ways of surveying the undocumented and some results; 5. How the Los Angeles County parents data were obtained; 6. The validity of data on legal status; 7. A comparison of the social characteristics of undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and US natives of Mexican origin; 8. A comparison of the economic characteristics of undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and US natives of Mexican origin; 9. Characteristics of one individual compared to characteristics of another family member; 10. A multivariate analysis of the impact of legal status on the hourly wage, hours worked per year, and annual earnings; 11. Policy options and their likely consequences; Notes; Index.