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DHS defends ICE detainment of Georgia college student who violated traffic laws: 'Not ignoring rule of law'
Fox News ^ | 05-09-2025 | By Elizabeth Pritchett Fox News

Posted on 05/09/2025 9:48:21 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old who was brought to the US illegally as a child, is in ICE custody after she was pulled over for illegally turning right on red

The Department of Homeland Security is defending the detainment of a Georgia college student who is in the U.S. illegally after she was pulled over for traffic violations and arrested.

Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national, was arrested by police in Dalton, Georgia, on May 5 after illegally turning right on red and driving without a license, according to an arrest report obtained by WTVC in Chattanooga.

The report states that Arias-Cristobal does not have a driver's license, but she does have an international license, which her mother had taken from her. She was arrested by the officer and taken to the Whitfield County Jail before being transferred to the Stewart Detention Center – a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility – in Southwest Georgia.

Arias-Cristobal admitted to being in the U.S. illegally and does not have an application pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to DHS.

A GoFundMe set up to raise money for bond and an immigration attorney says the girl came to the U.S. with her parents in 2010 when she was 4 years old. The fundraiser, which was set up by a woman who Arias-Cristobal babysits for, says she did not qualify for DACA.

Arias-Cristobal's father, 43-year-old Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, is also at the same ICE facility after he was arrested for speeding and driving without a license. DHS said he also admitted to being in the U.S. illegally.

"The family will be able to return to Mexico together. Mr. Tovar had ample opportunity to seek a legal pathway to citizenship. He chose not to. We are not ignoring the rule of law," DHS said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; deportation; ice; illegal

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The family rolled the dice many years ago and had a good run of it. But their choices finally came to an end.
1 posted on 05/09/2025 9:48:21 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national, is in an ICE detention facility in Georgia after she was arrested during a traffic stop for illegally turning right on red and driving without a license.
2 posted on 05/09/2025 9:49:08 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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She could have applied for citizenship but decided she’d rather be an illegal.

Deport her.

3 posted on 05/09/2025 9:51:03 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: Responsibility2nd

These entitled lowlifes don’t even make an effort. Eff her. Can’t even get a friggen license that the states practically force on illegals. She’s been here how long and never bothered to apply for a green card or citizenship. Enjoy messico loser.


4 posted on 05/09/2025 9:52:13 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Not pretty enough for an exemption.


5 posted on 05/09/2025 9:56:09 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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To: HYPOCRACY

What got me is both her parents have been here for 15 years, and couldn’t speak a lick of English. They aren’t even trying.


6 posted on 05/09/2025 9:56:45 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Illegally entering the USA is never the last law these folks break.

They are all guilty of;

Tax evasion
Perjury
False claim of residence
Applying for state and federal benefits illegally
Identity theft
Etc


7 posted on 05/09/2025 9:59:14 AM PDT by Professional ( )
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My sympathy meter remains pegged at zero. Just like for all illegals. Enjoy the free plane ride home. If you’re that smart, colleges in your home country will transfer your credit. Goodbye


8 posted on 05/09/2025 10:01:31 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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why’d the mom take international license away from the daughter? leverage in what way, mom being mean, or daughter irresponsible?

is mom US citizen or illegal too?

they all need to go, no more leeching off US Tax payers and enablers like the woman who made go fund me account for her.

met too many enablers when I lived various states, hired them as house keepers, odd jobs, lawn, nanny, etc saving a little, paying them cash.

US Citizens allowed this problem to fester by involvement or complacency


9 posted on 05/09/2025 10:01:44 AM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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Get out! You are an illegal alien invader who disobeyed our laws! GO! Your whole family are criminals who have broken our laws. Such disrespect to the USA!


10 posted on 05/09/2025 10:06:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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What do these criminals need a “go fund me” account for??? They are criminals and parasites who have leeched off of the USA illegally for decades. Get out! Go back to your pathetic home country.


11 posted on 05/09/2025 10:07:37 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Sorry but she does not qualify for the hot girl exception. Deport them all.


12 posted on 05/09/2025 10:09:31 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: cyclotic

Look at what their home countries would do to you, if you were there illegally.

No problem with deporting them back. Not like they didnt have time to go the legal route. The last horrible 12 of 16 years they had admins who would have made it happen.


13 posted on 05/09/2025 10:11:07 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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The daughter has an international driver’s license which she has to have gotten outside the USA. It will not be a hardship for her to be deported the since she has obviously stayed abroad long enough to get that license.


14 posted on 05/09/2025 10:12:40 AM PDT by JayGalt (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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No question about that. We would be destroyed if we just showed up and tried to live in those countries. In most you’d just get disappeared.


15 posted on 05/09/2025 10:18:12 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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“but she does have an international license”

LOL!

You have to have a domestic license to get an international license.


16 posted on 05/09/2025 10:19:26 AM PDT by TexasGator (1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
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“why’d the mom take international license away from the daughter?”

Mom lied. See my #16


17 posted on 05/09/2025 10:21:09 AM PDT by TexasGator (1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
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“The daughter has an international driver’s license which she has to have gotten outside the USA.”

You can get one in the USA IF you have a license here.

If she got it in Mexico that means she made a willful reentry.

Multiple illegal entries is a felony.


18 posted on 05/09/2025 10:25:03 AM PDT by TexasGator (1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
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To: b4me

The illegals are here BECAUSE SOME AMERICANS WANT CHEAP LABOR JUST AS ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE HERE BECAUSE SOME AMERICANS WANT EASY THRILLS.


19 posted on 05/09/2025 10:30:11 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: Lazamataz

I disagree.


20 posted on 05/09/2025 10:32:42 AM PDT by Revel
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