The Fight to Save Welfare for Low-Income Older Asian Immigrants: The Role of National Asian American Organizations

Federal welfare reform impacted many different low-income communities. For the Asian American community, the impending rollbacks to immigrants on welfare would prove to be most drastic for older, low-income Asian immigrants on Supplemental Security Income. This particular article focuses on how national Asian American organizations involved themselves in this political debate. Specifically, this article asks the following question: How did national Asian American organizations define and influence the 1996 federal welfare reform and immigrant debate?