A U.S. Abut on Patrol agent takes down personal data from Salvadorian mother Ana Esmeralda and her son Manuel Alexander, 2, after they were entranced into custody on July 02, 2019 in Los Ebanos, Texas.
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In early 2019, with the disaster at the U.S.’s southern border reaching a tipping point, immigration surged to become the issue that small business proprietresses said they cared about the most. In the first quarter of this year, more than a quarter of niggardly business owners (27%) named immigration as the top issue, when only a year prior just 11% had mean the same.
But those concerns among small business owners do not extend to their work. The percentage of small corporation owners who expect any effect on their businesses — positive or negative — as a result of changes to immigration policy has barely budged in the close by two years. Even when concerns about immigration spiked, about 6 in 10 small business owners affirmed they didn’t expect immigration policy to impact their businesses, the same as in previous quarters.
While the disaster at the border continues, the concerns among small business owners already seem to be fading. This quarter the percent identifying immigration the top issue is down five percentage points from its peak six months ago.
These data come from the four times a year ‘s online platform and based on its survey methodology. SurveyMonkey publishes additional quarterly small business data and study.