No money for immigration hotline

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina agency says it doesn’t have the money to start a hotline and database for an immigration crackdown approved last year.
   
The Greenville News reported Monday that the Commission on Minority Affairs was supposed to operate a hotline to accept complaints about illegal immigrants. The plan also calls for a database to help track immigration information received by state agencies.
   
Commission executive director Janie Davis says the agency doesn’t have the $287,000 needed to start the programs. Davis says she doesn’t have the $261,000 to operate the system, either.
   
State Sen. Larry Martin of Pickens says the hotline and database are considered extras that would be funded if possible. Martin says the hotline might be transferred to another agency.