There's been a big win in the Senate for cryptocurrency businesses.

I'm David Brancaccio in Los Angeles. The Senate has passed a bill setting up a framework of regulations for what are called stable coins. If something like this passes the House, it'll be a big win for the crypto folks.

Marketplaces Nancy Marshall-Genser has details.

Stable coins are a type of cryptocurrency that's pegged to the U.S. dollar.

Stable coin backers say they could be used to send payments instantly and directly cutting out middlemen.

The Senate bill is called the Genius Act. It includes rules for private companies that want to issue digital dollars. The bill passed

with some support from Democrats. Most Democrats were posed, though, pointing out the legislation

doesn't include anti-corruption measures or anything prohibiting President Trump and his family

from making money from crypto. The House is considering its own crypto legislation and could make

changes to the Senate bill. I'm Nancy Marshall Genser for Marketplace.

Now, middle of last week, the Trump administration was hard line on immigration raids, including

farms and hotels. Late last week, after online posts from President Trump honoring the contributions

of immigrant workers an apparent reprieve for those industries, but coming out of the weekend,

back to the hard line. Lobby groups for farms and businesses that employ people from other

countries are expressing concern. Today we continue our coverage. We look at contractors providing legally required services for people detained by immigration and customs enforcement. These include medical care where providers are trying to navigate the administration's assertions that detainees do not have rights to normal due process. Aspen Public Radio's Halle-Zander reports on a mental

health facility in Colorado that decided not to take this business. When Mind Springs, the biggest

mental health provider in Western Colorado, considered contracting with ICE in January, some in the

Grand Junction community were alarmed. Former CEO Dr. Nicholas D. Torres said calls poured in.

There were some of our vendors that were telling us they were not going to work with us.

There were some places that said they weren't going to renew visas with us.

ICE doesn't have a lot of infrastructure in western Colorado.

And Mind Springs was typically filling

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