tennessean.com
COLUMBIA, Tennessee --He waves at everyone.
The man on the motorcycle gets a wave. The young auditor gets chitchat. The lady walking into the County Commission room receives a hug.
You get the feeling that Maury County Sheriff Enoch George knows every resident in Columbia, where on the Fourth of July folks place American flags on every downtown corner.
Thanks to recent raids, however, George and his friends have lately been waving goodbye to dozens of illegal immigrants, some who live — or lived — across the street from George's office.
In Sheriff George's town, there is no room for lawbreakers, he says.
The tough stance has caused his popularity to soar among those who are fed up with illegal immigration and glad to see law enforcement finally doing something about it.
Posted by tyne at July 9, 2007