The Georgia teenager that was detained in a situation of incorrect identification– and afterwards apprehended by Migration and Traditions Enforcement over her undocumented condition– is claiming a day after her launch on bond that her time in protection was “life-altering.”
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was detained on Might 5 in Dalton, Georgia, when her dark grey vehicle was misinterpreted for a black pick-up that made a prohibited turn. Those citations were later on gone down as soon as authorities recognized there was a mix-up, Dalton Aide Authorities Principal Chris Crossen claimed.
Yet she was still apprehended by ICE after it was found she was an undocumented immigrant.
As she was being moved to Stewart Apprehension Facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, she quit at some workplaces in Atlanta, she claimed.
” They had me in an area by myself for 9 hours. I really did not understand what was taking place. It was never ever described,” Arias-Cristobal told Chattanooga, Tennessee, ABC affiliate WTVC Thursday after her launch from apprehension.
” Remaining in Stewart transformed my life. It’s something that I would not want on my worst adversary. It’s life-altering,” she claimed.
Dalton Georgia university student Ximena Arias-Cristoba rejoins with her family members, May 22, 2025 after she was launched from apprehension by ICE.
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Arias-Cristobal, a pupil at Dalton State University, remained in the ICE apprehension facility for 2 weeks.
” It was terrifying. I was horrified,” Arias-Cristobal informed WTVC.
” I will not ever before coincide,” she told Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB in a different phone meeting.
Dalton Georgia university student Ximena Arias-Cristoba rejoins with her family members, May 22, 2025 after she was launched from apprehension by ICE.
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Arias-Cristobal was launched on a $1,500 bond and the federal government did not want to appeal, according to her lawyer.
” We do not have an additional hearing presently arranged. It would certainly be exceptional if it is prior to mid-2026,” Charles Kuck, a lawyer for Arias-Cristobal, informed WTVC.
She was given bond on Wednesday and rejoined with family members at her home on Thursday.
The teenager involved the united state with her moms and dads when she was 4 years of ages and is disqualified for remedy for expulsion with the Deferred Activity for Childhood years Arrivals program, which momentarily secures some travelers from expulsion if they were given the nation as youngsters, a lawyer for Arias-Cristobal informed ABC Information.
Arias-Cristobal was not qualified to sign up for the DACA program due to the fact that it finished prior to she came to be qualified to use at 16 years of ages.
The Division of Homeland Safety and security claimed following her detention that it is devoted to buying Arias-Cristobal to “self-deport” to Mexico which she “confessed to unlawfully getting in the USA and has no pending applications with USCIS.”
