The Beaufort County Sheriffs Office has four deputies in training for immigration enforcement. When they get done, they’ll be able to better assist the local police in handling and processing illegal immigration cases.
Sheriff P.J. Tanner warned business owners in Beaufort yesterday that they should be careful what they wish for.
“If we go around Beaufort County and start rounding up folks because they’re foreign-born illegals, then what impact do you think that’s going to have on the economy of Beaufort County? It’s going to have a tremendous impact,” Tanner said.
“When you got golf courses that can’t sell a tee time because the grass hasn’t been cut, you can’t get to your dry cleaners anymore or you go to a restaurant that you always loved and sit down and you’ve got to wait an hour and a half or two hours because they got a 50 percent cut in employees, we’ll have citizens calling us and tell us, ‘Y’all need to rethink this.'”
In other news:
• The state’s Department of Labor has created a website to (sort of) answer questions about the state’s new immigration law.
• The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a legal briefing on the new immigration rules for local employers at 10 a.m. at the Chamber offices in North Charleston.
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