PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept prairies and freedom-loving farmers.
The “illegal aliens” and “got-aways” crossing the southern border, she said, pose an existential threat to the U.S. economy and national security, spreading cartel violence and deadly drugs.
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