ICE Is Hurting Immigrant-Owned Businesses. Here's How to Help

Immigrants make up an outsized share of Pittsburgh's entrepreneurial community, but a surge in ICE arrests is hurting immigrant-owned businesses on both sides of the counter. Alice Crow, lead Pittsburgh reporter at Technical.ly, joins executive producer Mallory Falk to explain how fear of deportation is keeping customers and employees at home and discouraging foreign-born residents from starting new businesses. Plus, she shares how people who are less at risk can support local spots that are dealing with the fallout from ICE. Read Alice's reporting here. Learn more about the sponsors of this March 11th episode: AIDS Free Pittsburgh Heinz History Center Liberty Magic The Westmoreland Carnegie Library Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news?  Sign up for our daily morning newsletter. We’re on Instagram @CityCastPgh. Text or leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.