**New SBA Policy Blocks Green Card Holders from Small Business Loans, Impacting Immigrant Entrepreneurs**
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has quietly implemented a policy change, blocking small business loans to companies not fully owned by U.S. citizens for the first time in its history. This move, part of the Trump administration’s broader immigration restrictions, disqualifies lawful permanent residents like green card holders from accessing SBA funding. Owner Sayuri Tsuchitani, who used a pandemic-era SBA loan to launch a successful Japanese head spa chain, would now be ineligible despite her 28 years as a permanent resident. The policy shift raises concerns about stifling immigrant entrepreneurship, which accounts for 20-25% of U.S. businesses and a significant share of job creation.