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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Immigration Reforms, Marriage and Legal Permanent Residence Status
Author(s): Claudia Smith Kelly, Sonia Dalmia
Citation: Claudia Smith Kelly, Sonia Dalmia, (2011) "Immigration Reforms, Marriage and Legal Permanent Residence Status," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 12, Iss. 2, pp. 64 - 79
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Changes in immigration laws can have a substantial impact on marriage rates and the stock of
undocumented immigrants residing in the U.S. This study examines the marriage propensity of residents
in different sizes of immigrant-population counties before, during and after immigration law changes in
1994 and 1996. Our results reveal that the immigration law changes altered both marital decisions and
the stock of undocumented immigrants.
“Immigration lawyers predicted that most illegal immigrants who would have been eligible for residency
under 245(i) would go ‘under-ground’.” New York Times, January 15, 1998. “Immigrants Pack Agency,
Trying to Beat A Deadline” by Randal Archibold.
