So Donald Trump rips up the North American Free Trade Agreement, then agrees to a rebranded U.S.–Mexico–Canada trade deal that consists of little new or…
Tag: immigration
Quick! Call Mike Pence and Sam Brownback! Christians are being persecuted! Oh, wait: in this case, the Christians are right here in America, and the persecutor…
After two years of Trump, fewer international students are coming to pay big tuition dollars to soak in knowledge, skills, and a love of America…
Even Senator Mike Rounds has to admit that Donald Trump’s rabid and thoughtless xenophobia is hurting South Dakota businesses: Members of the South Dakota congressional…
I feel bad for Dusty Johnson. Our rookie Congressman is a better man than the liars he’s stuck traveling with in the Republican Party. Our…
Following up on yesterday’s post about how Huron, Brookings, and other rural communities depend on immigration for their economic survival, an eager reader asked, “What…
While Dusty trolls the border, this morning’s New York Times notes how much less full our not-nearly full country would be without immigration: International migration helped rural…
Representative Dusty Johnson’s Easter break junket to Arizona invites all sorts of interesting commentary about the politics of immigration. First off, our rookie Congressman danced…
Senator M. Michael Rounds was thrilled to announce that South Dakota is not full and needs more foreign workers to fill out construction and tourism jobs:…
The absurdity of Donald Trump’s latest cryptoracist tagline—”the country is full!”—is patently obvious to any South Dakotan driving out past I-229: We don’t have enough…