“Small business owners are the backbone of our state,” said Roth, R-Interlochen. “We’re talking about folks who work 80 or more hours a week. Many of these businesspeople dedicate their entire adult lives to operating their businesses. These folks work the hardest. Yet, their state government doesn’t even give them a second thought. That has to change. State government must stop treating their relationships with small businesses as a chore. Clearly, state departments are unwilling to make these changes on their own, so it’s time the Legislature push them in the right direction.”

“What happened in Grand Rapids is another senseless tragedy that never should have happened,” said Roth, R-Interlochen. “Things have gotten so bad that people are dying in our own backyards. Our local law enforcement should not have to clean up the messes being ignored by the federal government. But that’s the situation we find ourselves in. We must protect our citizens, end the exploitation of vulnerable people, and put human traffickers in prison where they belong. When we allow illegal immigration to spiral out of control, it puts our residents at risk and spits in the face of everyone trying to get to the U.S. legally.”