Published: June 22, 2007 11:28 pm

Feds: Police powers limited on illegal aliens

From Staff and Wire Reports
Dalton Daily Citizen

Officers with the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office and the Dalton Police Department do not have the responsibility for deporting illegal aliens, although that is the perception many people have, says Sheriff Scott Chitwood.

“We have no authority to arrest them for being here illegally,â€