{"id":2432403,"date":"2025-05-08T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/traffic-stop-of-georgia-college-student-leads-to-uncovering-of-family-living-in-us-illegally-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:59:36","slug":"traffic-stop-of-georgia-college-student-leads-to-uncovering-of-family-living-in-us-illegally-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/traffic-stop-of-georgia-college-student-leads-to-uncovering-of-family-living-in-us-illegally-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic stop of Georgia college student leads to uncovering of family living in US illegally &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftraffic-stop-of-georgia-college-student-leads-to-uncovering-of-family-living-in-us-illegally-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2432403&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-motorcycle-deputy-killed-in-collision\/\" title=\"Los Angeles motorcycle deputy kil... in collision\">traffic stop<\/a> 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\u2019s license, which she claimed her mother had taken from her. <\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s family emigrated with hopes for a better future, but she is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-nabs-migrants-accused-of-attack-on-nypd-officers\/\" title=\"ICE arrests migrants accused of assaulting NYPD officers\">facing potential deportation<\/a> and is ineligible for the DACA program. A GoFundMe campaign has been initiated to assist her amidst this situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Traffic stop of Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fbi-special-agent-finds-17514-georgia-voters-with-out-of-state-forwarded-mail-addresses\/\" title=\"Former FBI Special Agent Finds 17,514 ... Voters with Out-of-State Forwarded Mail Addresses\">college student<\/a> leads to uncovering of family living in US illegally<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2102062\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The traffic stop of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Georgia<\/a> college <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">student<\/a> has led authorities to uncover the fact that she and members of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/migrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">family<\/a> have been living in the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegally<\/a> for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national attending Dalton State Community College, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pulled over<\/a> on May 5 after failing to abide by a &ldquo;no turn on red&rdquo; sign, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/08\/us-news\/georgia-dalton-state-college-student-ximena-arias-cristobal-faces-deportation-after-arrest-for-running-red-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to a Thursday report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3405380\/fox-news-hannity-bret-baier-middle-east-trump-visit\/\">Fox News&#8217;s Hannity and Bret Baier to travel to Middle East during Trump visit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3405206\/james-carville-ilhan-omar-leave-democratic-party\/\">Carville says Ilhan Omar should leave the Democratic Party over comments on &#8216;white men&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3405229\/trump-trade-deal-uk-keeping-10-percent-tariffs\/\">Trump announces preliminary trade deal with UK keeping 10% tariffs in place<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Arias-Cristobal was not driving with a license. She informed local Dalton police that she held an international driver&rsquo;s license, which she quickly admitted she did not have when asked to present it, the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Student in US since she was 4 faces potential deportation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Er1yZhKYEG\">https:\/\/t.co\/Er1yZhKYEG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Newsweek (@Newsweek) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Newsweek\/status\/1920412843066683786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>When the officer who pulled her over attempted to speak with Arias-Cristobal&rsquo;s mother and the vehicle&rsquo;s owner, neither spoke English, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Whitfield County Jail partners with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&rsquo;s 287(G) program, which conducts background checks and reviews following an individual&rsquo;s arrest under Georgia law, according to the jail.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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&rsquo;s mother is also in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; Arias-Cristobal&rsquo;s younger sister said while translating for her mother.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3405210\/tom-homan-named-national-police-defense-foundation-man-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TOM HOMAN NAMED NATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION &lsquo;MAN OF THE YEAR&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She runs. She loves to run. It&rsquo;s her passion, and the only reason they came is to follow my sister&rsquo;s dreams.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>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&nbsp;to help her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2102062\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2102062\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic stop reveals Georgia student and family are undocumented<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2432404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Crime_Police_vb3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[54850,54849,33009,45738,32076],"class_list":["post-2432403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-family-uncovered","tag-georgia-college-student","tag-illegal-immigration","tag-traffic-stop","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Crime_Police_vb3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432407,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432403\/revisions\/2432407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}