Posted on 05/13/2025 2:41:08 AM PDT by Libloather
The Georgia college student in federal custody who could be deported after she was pulled over by local cops should have never been stopped, officials admitted Monday.
Mexican national Ximena Arias-Cristobal was wrongly accused by Dalton police of making an illegal turn at a red light after an officer confused her with another driver on May 5, city leaders said in a press release.
During the stop, authorities said the 19-year-old, who is in the country illegally, didn’t have a proper driver’s license and was taken into custody at the scene and later detained by immigration enforcement authorities.
While all charges have been dropped by Dalton police, Arias-Cristobel’s lawyer told The Post it’s “too little, too late” for his client, who remains in custody Monday.
“It’s super maddening,” said attorney Dustin Baxter of Kuck Baxter Immigration.
“We’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and say there was no ill intent on the part of this police officer, it’s just heartbreaking that a mistake by a police officer cost this person her freedom ultimately and may cost her her residency in the United States.”
Arias-Cristobel’s legal turmoil began when police believed she failed to adhere to a “no turn on red” sign and was then found to not have a proper driver’s license, according to an arrest report.
She told an officer she had an international driver’s license, the report states.
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I said I felt sorry for her, not that I wanted them to stay.
But what do you really expect the girl to do? Inform upon her family as soon as she figures it out? Deport herself to Mexico on her 18th birthday?
Where you driving in the London area? Rural England is sort of okay, but roundabouts and London are the pits.
Up north in Manchester, Huddersfield, Doncaster, York. Cheltenham. Down south to Brighton. I avoided London thank goodness!
Reminds me of how much shoplifters complain. About being caught.
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