Laura Wronski, senior research scientist, SurveyMonkey
But those concerns among small business owners do not extend to their work. The percentage of small business owners who expect any effect on their businesses — positive or negative — as a result of changes to immigration policy has barely budged in the past two years. Even when concerns about immigration spiked, about 6 in 10 small business owners said they didn't expect immigration policy to impact their businesses, the same as in previous quarters.
Majorities of small business owners say that immigration policy has had no impact on their business in the past 12 months and that they expect immigration policy to have no effect on their business in the next 12 months . Nearly half of small business owners who say immigration policy has hurt their business in the last 12 months say they've hired or attempted to hire new employees in the same time period. Of these small business owners, 52% say U.S. immigration policy has made it more difficult to hire new workers.
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