In this hard-hitting episode, Scott Hess and John Barton tackle one of the most controversial topics affecting American small businesses today: immigration enforcement and its economic ripple effects.

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0:00 - Introduction Meet the hosts and learn what's on deck for this episode

3:27 - History of Immigration Laws From open borders to the Chinese Exclusion Act—how we got here

4:43 - Modern Immigration System Why today's quota system is completely disconnected from labor reality

7:00 - ICE and Immigration Enforcement The 2003 creation of ICE and what it actually does (and doesn't do)

9:56 - Legal vs Illegal Entry Two paths, one broken system—and the rise of "quasi-slave labor"

15:43 - E ...