Noem’s South Dakota neighbors hit with an immigration audit that decimates their workforce

When federal auditors arrived at Drumgoon Dairy this spring, they didn’t just check paperwork — they upended an entire operation. In a single sweep, 38 longtime employees were gone, leaving owner Dorothy Elliott scrambling to keep 6,500 cows fed and milked. Her story captures a growing crisis in American agriculture: farms built on immigrant labor but constrained by immigration law. Without reform, Elliott warns, the country’s dairy shelves may stay full — but only because the milk will come from somewhere else. Makenzie Huber with South Dakota Searchlight has the full story.

Makenzie Huber

South Dakota Searchlight

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