The Cobb County Sheriff's Office has started screening county jail inmates to determine whether they are illegal immigrants. It becomes the first local law enforcement agency in Georgia to begin the practice and one of only a handful nationwide. Six deputies overseeing the project have been trained in immigration law, cross-cultural communication, civil rights, criminal law, document examination, alien processing and identification and enforcement. Officials say they are not trying to target any particular group and simply want to get criminals off the streets.
