Immigration reform

Small Business Majority testifies on the growing uncertainty among small businesses nationwide

On April 1, Small Business Majority Founder & CEO John Arensmeyer testified before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business during a hearing titled “The Golden Age: Unleashing Main Street Through Deregulation.” In his testimony, John emphasized that small businesses nationwide are more concerned about burdensome tariffs, federal funding freezes, cuts to essential federal agencies supporting small businesses, and mass deportations than the effects of federal regulations.

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Submitted by Connor Coursey on Tue, 04/01/2025 - 13:58

Small Business Majority supports removing immigration status as a barrier to eligibility to access healthcare coverage within Covered California.

Small Business Majority is pleased to support AB 4, which will remove immigration status as a barrier to eligibility to access healthcare coverage within Covered California. This will ensure more small business employees and entrepreneurs are able to access the health coverage they need to fully participate in our state’s economy. 

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Submitted by Small Business Majority on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 13:03

Voice of Main Street: Entrepreneurs worry about impact of tariffs, other disruptive acts, prefer small business friendly policies

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Small Business Majority
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Small Business Majority’s latest poll shows entrepreneurs are concerned about new tariffs and mass deportations. Over half fear tariffs will hurt their business, and 77% worry about economic impact. Deportation policies also raise concern, with 69% citing potential harm to the U.S. economy and 37% to their own or suppliers’ operations.

Immigration Reform

: Immigration Reform

Our nation’s workforce is fueled by the contributions of the millions of immigrant workers who small businesses often rely on to sustain and grow their operations. As workforce shortages continue to persist across Main Street, Small Business Majority advocates for commonsense immigration reform which bolsters an essential small business workforce. Our research found that found that roughly 70% of small business owners believe it’s important to increase the number of both high and low skilled foreign workers legally allowed into the U.S. 

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Submitted by sbm-admin on Mon, 12/16/2024 - 14:06

Small Business Majority CEO testifies on workforce challenges

Today, John Arensmeyer testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship at a hearing, "The Small Business Workforce Challenge: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions." More than two years into the pandemic, small businesses are slowly rebuilding but need a vibrant stable workforce to fully recover. Entrepreneurs, especially those in under-resourced communities, need an array of support to address labor shortages and ensure employees are able to come back to the workforce. Mr.

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Submitted by Quintin Reed on Wed, 06/08/2022 - 11:02

Small Business Majority and small business owner testify in support of removing barriers for undocumented entrepreneurs

Colorado Director Lindsey Vigoda and small business owner Alejandro Flores-Muñoz provided testimony on April 13 in support of SB 21-199, which will remove barriers to access certain public opportunities for undocumented entrepreneurs and support the immigrant small business community in Colorado. 

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Submitted by Mayra Ordonez on Mon, 04/12/2021 - 13:05

Quality Jobs

: Quality Jobs

Expand access to quality affordable health coverage

  • Make permanent the premium assistance provided by the Inflation Reduction Act.  
  • Allow individuals who reside in states that have not expanded Medicaid to purchase health coverage with premium assistance in the federal marketplace.  
  • Provide access to the full range of reproductive healthcare for women entrepreneurs and their employees.  
  • Lower Medicare age criteria to include individuals ages 55 and older.  
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Submitted by sbm-admin on Fri, 11/16/2018 - 14:44

Opinion Poll: Small Business Support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

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Small Business Majority
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Across all industries and from one end of the political spectrum to the other, small business owners recognize that without comprehensive immigration reform, U.S. small firms and the economy cannot maximize job creation or revenue generation. New scientific polling shows that the vast majority of them believe our current immigration system isn’t working, and they’re eager to fix the broken system. Our primary job creators agree something must be done because immigration is good for America and good for small business.

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