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Marketplace · August 28, 2026 · 00:26:00

The ongoing cost of ICE raids on Latino entrepreneurs

This Marketplace episode examines the economic damage of intensified ICE raids on Latino-owned businesses more than a year into the Trump administration's deportation push. It also covers small businesses facing fresh tariff uncertainty, including a camping chair company that has halted production. Canada reports strong GDP growth as it heads toward a trade conflict with the U.S. The program analyzes Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech and whether it contained forward guidance. A final story looks at a 21-foot-tall space cowboy statue that has revitalized a strip of Route 66.

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Highlights

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Latino businesses struggle for months after ICE raids
More than a year into intensified ICE raids, Latino entrepreneurs say the toll on their businesses has been worse than the pandemic.
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Tariff uncertainty halts production for a camping chair company
Small businesses are grappling with renewed tariff uncertainty, including a camping chair company that has halted production.
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Canada posts strong GDP growth as a trade war looms
Canada's economy is growing strongly even as it heads toward a trade war with the U.S.
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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered his first Jackson Hole speech, and the episode asks whether it contained forward guidance.
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A 21-foot-tall space cowboy revitalizes Route 66
A 21-foot-tall space cowboy statue is credited with revitalizing a strip of Route 66.
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