Traffic stop of Georgia college student leads to uncovering of family living in US illegally – Washington Examiner
A traffic stop involving Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old collage student from Dalton State Community College in Georgia, led to the revelation that she and her family have been living in the U.S.illegally for over a decade. She was pulled over on May 5 for not following a traffic sign and was found driving without a valid license. During questioning, Arias-Cristobal admitted to lacking an international driver’s license, which she claimed her mother had taken from her.
Further investigation revealed that she had entered the U.S. illegally at the age of four from Mexico. After the stop, she was arrested for traffic violations and processed in a federal database that confirmed her undocumented status. She was then taken to an ICE facility, where it was also learned that her father is detained under similar circumstances. Arias-Cristobal’s family emigrated with hopes for a better future, but she is now facing potential deportation and is ineligible for the DACA program. A GoFundMe campaign has been initiated to assist her amidst this situation.
Traffic stop of Georgia college student leads to uncovering of family living in US illegally
The traffic stop of a Georgia college student has led authorities to uncover the fact that she and members of her family have been living in the United States illegally for over a decade.
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national attending Dalton State Community College, was pulled over on May 5 after failing to abide by a “no turn on red” sign, according to a Thursday report.
Arias-Cristobal was not driving with a license. She informed local Dalton police that she held an international driver’s license, which she quickly admitted she did not have when asked to present it, the report noted.
The college student said her mother had taken it from her after saying she should not be driving. Further investigation revealed that Arias-Cristobal had been brought to the country illegally at the age of 4 from Mexico City.
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When the officer who pulled her over attempted to speak with Arias-Cristobal’s mother and the vehicle’s owner, neither spoke English, according to the report.
The teenager was arrested on the charges of failure to obey traffic control devices and driving without a valid license, taken to Whitfield County Jail, and processed in a federal database that confirmed she was in the country illegally.
Whitfield County Jail partners with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(G) program, which conducts background checks and reviews following an individual’s arrest under Georgia law, according to the jail.
Arias-Cristobal was then taken to an ICE facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, the same place that her father, Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, is being held after being pulled over in a traffic stop, the report noted.
Arias-Tovar was purportedly denied paperwork to remain in the U.S., and it is unconfirmed if he ever tried to become a citizen. Arias-Cristobal’s mother is also in the country illegally.
“They came in with big dreams because they wanted a big future for my older sister. And, you know, my sister goes to college, and she was an honor student since middle school,” Arias-Cristobal’s younger sister said while translating for her mother.
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“She runs. She loves to run. It’s her passion, and the only reason they came is to follow my sister’s dreams.”
Arias-Cristobal, who is reportedly facing possible deportation, was not eligible for the DACA program, according to Hannah Jones, a woman who used the college student as a babysitter and created a GoFundMe to help her.
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