According to police officials in Athens, Alabama, the state’s new and strict illegal-immigration law is not causing much problem for law enforcement agencies, and is not straining city and county resources, three month after taking effect. Athens Police Captain says the department is still in the process of gaining experience with the new law as new scenarios play out, but he says that so far the new immigration law has not greatly affected the work day of Athens police officers. Police officers have taken classes on the enforcement of the new law, and the police captain say the department has been careful to stay clear of racial profiling. According to the captain there has been several arrests made where the detained has later been picked up and detained by the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The sheriff of Limestone County says his department works well with ICE, that relieves the department of extra responsibilities. He says that if there is a drain of his department’s resources, it is not due to arrests of illegal immigrants, but rather due to allegations of mistreatment of illegal immigrants, that the department investigates. There is also a misconception among citizens, according to the sheriff, that they can investigate and arrest any illegal immigrant, and he says the department is getting more phone calls from people who suspect their neighbors to be in the U.S. illegally. The sheriff says that he can call ICE and ask them to investigate the matter, but he cannot arrest anybody unless they have committed a crime.