Senator John Thune voted against immigration reform, so Rep. Kristi Noem probably will, too. As members of the party of fear, they'll continue to squawk about needing more border security. Michigan farmers are seeing empirical evidence that the border is…
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On the day when we celebrate the greatest nation of immigrants, it is fitting that we descendants of immigrants discuss how we deal with today's immigrants. The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill last week. The big deal…
As we all know, more than half of the farm folk Dodge hagiographized with Paul Harvey's voice during the Super Bowl are illegal immigrants. Now, because rural flight leaves Big Dairy without enough workers to get us our yogurt (no,…
South Dakota's state-supported mega-dairies have seen a predictable share of illegal immigration arrests. If South Dakota got on the stick and helped investigate the exploitation of illegal immigrant labor, it might recoup more of its investment: An immigration raid at…
Sioux Falls and Rapid City continue to chug along in population growth. New Census estimates show the Sioux Falls metro area (Minnehaha, Lincoln, Turner, and McCook counties) at 237,251 residents. As of 2012, the Rapid City metro area (Pennington and…
Gerard Depardieu and other fat-cats may have the luxury of moving to grandstand over taxes, but most of us are tied to our homes by more than the local tax structure. Tax rates just don't drive migration as much as…
In its afternoon meeting yesterday, the House State Affairs committee gave unanimous approval to House Bill 1214. Rep. Bernie Hunhoff (D-18/Yankton) brought this bill to ensure that all pregnant low-income women in South Dakota can receive prenatal care—all women, including…
Apparently there was some football game last Sunday that featured a 1978 Paul Harvey speech on farming. Harvey borrowed his "God Made a Farmer" speech from text circulating in small-town papers in the 1940s. Dodge borrowed Harvey's version to sell…