08/13/2026
Coming from a long line of European immigrants who built small businesses in the 19th and 20th Centuries, I must ask -- why are we terrorizing immigrants instead of using the same energy and resources to assimilate them and encourage their hard work to live the American Dream while they enhance all American lives?
As millions of small businesses face ownership transitions, cities trying to revive commercial corridors may be overlooking one of their best sources of new investment: immigrant entrepreneurs.