Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Still, the researchers found that Latino-owned businesses grew by more than 47 percent in the years before, during, and after the pandemic.

That was more than four times the non-Latino growth rate.

But there are many challenges.

A report last year from Stanford says just 21 percent of Latino entrepreneurs said they got the loans they needed for their ventures.

And Stanford says only about half of Latino business owners got an explanation for why their loans were denied.

I'm Nancy Marshall-Genzer for Marketplace.

The final six spending bills needed to fund the federal government are packaged into one big measure.

One of those bills would fund the Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE.

In a speech on the Senate floor yesterday, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called on Republicans to split off the DHS bill so the Senate can pass the other five spending bills and send them on to President Trump for his signature.

The New York Times is reporting that Schumer and Trump are talking about a deal that would separate the DHS bill, as Schumer requested.

Then the Times says Congress would vote on a short-term extension for DHS.

That would allow time for more negotiations on changes Democrats want for ICE.

Among them, ICE agents couldn't wear masks.

and would have to wear body cameras.

They would also have to stop making arrests and entering homes without warrants.

But all these changes would also have to be approved by the House.

I'm Nancy Marshall-Genzer for Marketplace.

Well, David, ICE would essentially be insulated from the effects of a shutdown, and that's because it has a giant pot of money at its disposal, extra funding over and above its official budget, which the Senate is fighting over right now.

And this is extra cash from President Trump's tax and spending bill, known as the Big Beautiful Bill Act.

It gave ICE $75 billion.