DHS defends ICE detainment of Georgia college student who violated traffic laws: 'Not ignoring rule of law'

The Department of Homeland Security is defending the detainment of a Georgia assemblage pupil who is successful the U.S. illegally aft she was pulled implicit for postulation violations and arrested. 

Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national, was arrested by constabulary successful Dalton, Georgia, connected May 5 aft illegally turning close connected reddish and driving without a license, according to an apprehension study obtained by WTVC successful Chattanooga. 

The study states that Arias-Cristobal does not person a driver's license, but she does person an planetary license, which her parent had taken from her. She was arrested by the serviceman and taken to the Whitfield County Jail earlier being transferred to the Stewart Detention Center – a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement installation – successful Southwest Georgia.

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Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old Mexican national, is successful an ICE detention installation successful Georgia aft she was arrested during a postulation halt for illegally turning close connected reddish and driving without a license. (GoFundMe)

Arias-Cristobal admitted to being successful the U.S. illegally and does not person an exertion pending with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to DHS.

A GoFundMe acceptable up to rise wealth for enslaved and an migration lawyer says the miss came to the U.S. with her parents successful 2010 erstwhile she was 4 years old. The fundraiser, which was acceptable up by a pistillate who Arias-Cristobal babysits for, says she did not suffice for DACA.

Arias-Cristobal is really astatine the aforesaid ICE installation successful Lumpkin, Georgia, that her father, Arias Tovar, is being detained astatine pursuing an apprehension during a postulation halt for speeding. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

"She has babysat for my kids for years. We adore her. Ximena is my adjacent person and my children’s favourite babysitter," Hannah Jones wrote successful the description.

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Arias-Cristobal's father, 43-year-old Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, is besides astatine the aforesaid ICE installation aft helium was arrested for speeding and driving without a license. DHS said helium besides admitted to being successful the U.S. illegally.

"The household volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to Mexico together. Mr. Tovar had ample accidental to question a ineligible pathway to citizenship. He chose not to. We are not ignoring the regularisation of law," DHS said.

Homeland Security said each amerciable aliens person the accidental to self-deport via the CBP Home app if they are funny successful returning to the U.S. by pursuing the law. (DHS)

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The bureau reiterated that galore radical successful the U.S. illegally are being fixed the accidental to self-deport via the Customs and Border Protection Home app, which would let them to instrumentality to America successful the aboriginal done ineligible avenues.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Dalton constabulary and ICE for comment.