Immigration

SDPB asked Gov. Larry Rhoden about potential impacts of an immigration crackdown on farm workers.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins says mass deportations of undocumented immigrants will be done everywhere, including farm country. She says the plan is to have a 100% American workforce. However, those in the ag industry question what this would look like in practice.

US Representative Dusty Johnson said “progress” is being made in border protection. He said it’s time to take a look at the immigration itself.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol will assist US Immigration and Customs Enforcement with cases in the state.

Gov. Larry Rhoden and Attorney General Marty Jackley are directing agencies to assist Homeland Security with immigration enforcement. The move comes after each official visited the U.S. Southern Border.

Eight undocumented migrant workers who were arrested in an immigration raid in Madison have made their initial court appearances Thursday. An immigrant rights organization says the arrests are a consequence of misplaced priorities.

A South Dakota Mines grad student will remain in America for the time being. With her current visa, she is supposed to be eligible through 2027.

Federal officials say they made eight arrests during an immigration investigation and raid in Madison.

An international student at a South Dakota university faced with deportation can stay in the country a while longer.

In one of the first local instances of legal pushback against Trump administration deportations, a South Dakota doctoral student has received a reprieve for the time being. Without this, she would have been deported on a revoked visa.