Small Businesses

JCN Poll: Small Businesses Taking Advantage of Trump Tax Cuts; Opening New Locations, Hiring, Raising Wages

Job Creators Network, America’s largest small business advocacy group, released fresh polling data this week showing that mere months after President Donald Trump signed the Republican-led One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, “a full 42% of American small businesses plan to raise employee wages/benefits as a result of their tax cut savings, and 91% plan to raise wages/benefits, expand, hire, or reinvest in their communities,” the group said.

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Haitian Camp Crisis Brings Chaos to Two Small Cities on Texas-Mexico Border

The crisis unfolding at a makeshift camp of nearly 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants under the Del Rio International Bridge has a devastating impact on the local community of Del Rio, Texas. Although mostly out of the public eye due to the remote location of the camp, residents are feeling the impact in the small Texas town. The closure of ports of entry leading to Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, forced many local businesses in Del Rio to operate with fewer employees.

Haitian migrants use a dam to cross to and from the United States from Mexico, Friday, Sep