{"id":291190,"date":"2026-08-04T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/?p=291190"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:33:45","slug":"ranking-members-markey-velazquez-push-to-roll-back-trump-administrations-discriminatory-sba-lending-policy-that-blocks-immigrant-entrepreneurs-from-pursuing-the-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncrc.org\/ranking-members-markey-velazquez-push-to-roll-back-trump-administrations-discriminatory-sba-lending-policy-that-blocks-immigrant-entrepreneurs-from-pursuing-the-american-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking Members Markey, Vel\u00e1zquez Push to Roll Back Trump Administration\u2019s Discriminatory SBA Lending Policy that Blocks Immigrant Entrepreneurs from Pursuing the American Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">July 23, 2026, U.S. Senate Committee On Small Business &amp; Entrepreneurship, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbc.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2026\/7\/ranking-members-markey-vel-zquez-push-to-roll-back-trump-administration-s-discriminatory-sba-lending-policy-that-blocks-immigrant-entrepreneurs-from-pursuing-the-american-dream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranking Members Markey, Vel\u00e1zquez Push to Roll Back Trump Administration\u2019s Discriminatory SBA Lending Policy that Blocks Immigrant Entrepreneurs from Pursuing the American Dream<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNCRC supports the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn SBA\u2019s citizenship restrictions that bar green-card holders from receiving the 7(a) and 504 loans. When qualified entrepreneurs are denied access to SBA loans, all of Main Street gets hurt. Communities lose jobs. Neighborhoods lose services. Local economies lose the opportunity to build wealth and shrink disparities,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Jesse Van Tol, President &amp; CEO of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)<\/strong>. \u201cWe cannot afford to have the American Dream out of reach for hard-working, immigrant small business owners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 23, 2026, U.S. Senate Committee On Small Business &amp; Entrepreneurship, Ranking Members Markey, Vel\u00e1zquez Push to Roll Back Trump Administration\u2019s Discriminatory SBA Lending Policy that Blocks Immigrant Entrepreneurs from Pursuing the American Dream \u201cNCRC supports the Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn SBA\u2019s citizenship restrictions that bar green-card holders from receiving the 7(a) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"content-type":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"NCRC","author_link":""},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"July 23, 2026, U.S. Senate Committee On Small Business &amp; 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