Small Business

La Bodega Taco Bar is a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis. The owner, Alex Rosario-Torres, said sales are down by around 50% because of the ICE crackdown in the city.

Additional costs from tariffs and shifting consumer demand are hitting businesses and impacting their willingness to hire.

Gilberto Cetina has been nominated for three James Beard awards, and his restaurant Holbox has a Michelin star, among other culinary recognitions.

Many businesses who support the shutdown are considering their options: Stay open because they can't afford to lose the income, close and absorb the costs, or stay open and devote some proceeds to immigration causes.

The number of Latino-owned businesses grew almost seven times faster than non-Latino companies from 2007 to 2023.

Employees and customers are staying home, business owners are cutting hours, and entire communities are feeling the ripple effects of the ICE crackdown.

Despite adding a partner to his practice and joining a group of independent physicians, Dr. Scott Anzalone is still unsure about his own retirement.

“We wake up every morning about 5 o'clock and start worrying,” said Vance Ehmke. He runs Ehmke Seed with his wife, Louise Ehmke, in Healy, Kansas.

Here’s how small businesses are looking at the two prongs of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate — keeping prices stable and employment steady — after news of the DOJ probe.

Owner Jessie Dean says sales have been strong this year — even without a new manufacturing and retail space.