Aberdeen Mayor Mike Levsen takes an enlightened and pragmatic view of immigration in a nation built by immigrants. At an April 4 community meeting on outreach to immigrants, Mayor…
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Facts and good sense managed to beat back the one ugly outburst of anti-refugee paranoia that cropped up in this year’s Legislative Session. Now I’m proud…
Sioux Falls makes Governing‘s list of 25 cities with the biggest increases in foreign-born residents compared to native population growth. From 2009 to 2014, Sioux Falls gained over 3,000…
The yahoos are at it again in Pierre. Rep. Scott Craig—a Christian pastor who should know better than to be inhospitable to strangers—is leading Aberdeen’s Novstrups and several other…
John Tsitrian isn’t the only thoughtful and thought-provoking member of his family. The Rapid City blogger’s daughter Emily Tsitrian sends a fine travelogue from “extraordinary, friendly, clean,…
An eager reader shares an editorial from the Los Angeles Times on the EB-5 visa investment program, on which our Congressional delegation needs to figure out its position…
KSOO news director Beth Warden talks to Rebecca Kiesow-Knudsen, VP of Community Services for Lutheran Social Services, and learns that South Dakota is unlikely to…
Governor Dennis Daugaard is taking no stance on whether South Dakota should accept Syrian refugees, perhaps wisely, since states have no authority in determining who can cross…
State Representative John Wiik (R-4/Big Stone City) tries to parlay the Paris terrorist attacks into anti-immigrant sentiment. He responds to his phone going off with Fox…
Can no one from Aberdeen run an honest visa operation? The local press picks up a story this week about a September 1, 2015, ruling from a…