Georgia: Identifying illegal immigrants

Posted on 08/31/2008 9:07:19 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana DALTON, Ga. — Whitfield County jailers using federal records have since Aug. 1 found 34 possibly illegal immigrants who may be subject to deportation. “Our officers now have the ability to hold someone at the jail and basically start the deportation process,” Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood said. Sheriff Chitwood calls the 287(g) program a “win-win”... [read full story]