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A Georgia college student faces deportation after she ran a red light,
and authorities discovered her entire family has been illegally living
in the US for nearly 15 years.
Mexican-national Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was pulled over by police
in Dalton, Ga. on May 5 when she failed to adhere to a “no turn on red” sign.
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a Dalton State Community College student, was
driving without a driver’s license but told officers she had an
international driver’s license, according to WTVC, citing the arrest
report.
She admitted that she didn’t have the foreign document when Dalton
police officers asked her to show it, claiming that her mother had taken
it away from her and said she was not supposed to be driving.
In 2010, Arias-Cristobal was brought into the US illegally by her
parents when she was only 4 years old during the family’s move from
Mexico City to the Dalton area — over 30 miles from the Tennessee and
Georgia border.
Because of her non-citizen status, Arias-Cristobal was paying
out-of-state tuition for school despite living in the area.
The officer who pulled her over attempted to speak to the teen’s mom and
the owner of the car, but neither of them spoke English, according to
the report.
Arias-Cristobal was arrested and charged with driving without a valid
license and failure to obey traffic control devices.
She was transported to the Whitfield County Jail, a partner of US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(G) program, used to identify illegal aliens in the country.
“This program operates based on a series of reviews and background
checks completed only after an inmate is already arrested for an Offense
under Georgia Law,” the jail’s operation guide said.
Arias-Cristobal was processed through the federal database, which
confirmed she wasn’t a US citizen.
She was brought to ICE’s Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., where
her father, Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, is also being held.
Arias-Tovar was arrested last month when he was pulled over for driving
19 miles over the speed limit, the outlet reported.
The father, who owns his own company, was denied proper paperwork to
remain in the US. It was not known if he ever applied for citizenship.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/08/us-news/georgia-dalton-state-college-studen t-ximena-arias-cristobal-faces-deportation-after-arrest-for-running-red-l
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