Protect California small businesses and immigrant employees

As California small business owners and business leaders, we share a vision for an immigration system that is fair and functional, one that sustains our economy, strengthens our communities, and recognizes that immigrants are central to California’s economic prosperity. Yet this vision is under threat. Ongoing immigration raids in local communities sow instability in workplaces, storefronts, neighborhoods and businesses. They are bad for business. In areas of our state, workers—regardless of citizenship status—are afraid to show up to work, and small business owners are facing revenue losses as a result.