COBB COUNTY COURTHOUSE INCIDENT - POSSIBLE GRAND JURY PROBE?

Cobb County Rep. Rob Teilhet (D-Smyrna) has asked Cobb county and federal prosecutors (U.S. attorney) to open a grand jury investigation into allegations that undocumented workers were employed at the construction site of the Cobb County Superior Courthouse.

Lots of hoopla and written requests for grand jury investigation by this Democrat, who is running for Attorney General against a Republican, and probably wants to seem tough on immigration enforcement in order to obtain the support of some voters and groups.

Why isn't such a big deal made in the news about the serious crimes?

COBB COUNTY USED UNDOCUMENTED SUBCONTRACTORS IN COURTHOUSE PROJECT

The irony is now on Cobb County, GA, one of the most anti-immigrant counties in the state, and one of the first to implement 287(g). It appears that one of the sub-contractors used on a project to build the new $63 Million Cobb County Courthouse has been found to employ undocumented workers.
The state law (SB 529), which requires companies and contractors for the Georgia government to utilize E-Verify does not apply to sub-sub contractors or indirect contractors.
According to the Marietta Daily Journal, Cobb County Chairman Sam Olens stated that they followed the law and that they also asked federal immigration officials to investigate the matter, whether anyone should be criminally prosecuted.
Lots of noise is generated by Cobb County, probably to divert from the fact that the joke is on them.

MOST IMMIGRATION DETAINEES IN GWINNETT DETAINED FOR DRIVING OFFENSES

A short time after Gwinnett county started to implement its 287(g) program, the Gwinnett Daily Post reports the following statistics regarding its detainees on immigration charges:
• 178 driver’s license charges
• 62 DUIs
• 58 felony drug charges
• 15 aggravated assaults
• 13 sex crimes
• 45 batteries
• 23 robberies and burglaries
While there are other "miscellaneous" charges for the immigrant detainees, it is clear from the list above that the vast majority of these detainees are detained for minor driving offenses and not for real crimes.
287(g) was intended to target serious criminal offenses, not to deport immigrants for minor traffic offenses, such as driving without a license or speeding. I doubt that the Gwinnett police department doesn't have more serious criminals to go after.