VIEWPOINT: Open border costing South Dakota millions

Guest column by Sheriff Fred A. Lamphere

My first trip to the southwestern border was at the end of the Obama administration when I also attended a ranchers forum. At that point I had a clear understanding of what illegal border crossing can cost the U.S. – not only in the drug trade and human trafficking, but  also in the lifestyles of the residents along the border. That experience was the f…