A Georgia teen that was restrained by Migration and Traditions Enforcement after being erroneously picked up a web traffic offense she did not devote previously this month was approved bond Wednesday, according to her lawyer.
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was apprehended on May 5 in Dalton, Georgia, when her dark grey vehicle was misinterpreted for a black pick-up that made a prohibited turn, authorities stated. The neighborhood authorities division and prosecuting lawyer disregarded costs versus her pertaining to the incorrect web traffic quit, though she was restrained by ICE representatives for remaining in the nation unlawfully.
The Division of Homeland Safety and security stated following her detention that it is dedicated to getting Arias-Cristobal to “self-deport” to Mexico which she “confessed to unlawfully getting in the USA and has no pending applications with USCIS.”
Dashboard web cam video clip launched by the Dalton Georgia Authorities Division revealing Ximena Arias-Cristobal being restrained throughout a web traffic quit, May 5, 2025, in Dalton Georgia.
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Throughout a bond hearing on Wednesday, Arias-Cristobal was approved $1,500 bond, the minimum quantity feasible under the regulation, according to her lawyer.
” The federal government did not want to appeal. The household will pay the bond ASAP and Ximena will certainly be home with her household tomorrow mid-day at the most up to date,” her lawyer, Dustin Baxter, stated in a declaration.
The following hearing in case has actually not been arranged, one more among her lawyers, Charles Kuck, informed ABC Chattanooga, Tennessee, associate WTVC, including, “It would certainly be impressive if it is prior to mid-2026.”
Arias-Cristobal, a pupil at Dalton State University, was being held at the Stewart Apprehension Facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, ICE documents reveal.
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 via the Deferred Activity for Youth 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.
Arias-Cristobal, 19, was restrained by ICE after being erroneously picked up a web traffic offense she did not devote.
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Her papa, Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, was independently restrained by authorities– and later on ICE– 2 weeks prior to his little girl for speeding and driving without a certificate, according to DHS. Her papa was launched on bond from ICE protection recently, WTVC reported.
” Both papa and little girl remained in this nation unlawfully and they need to deal with the repercussions,” DHS stated in astatement last week “The USA is providing aliens similar to this papa and little girl $1,000 each and a complimentary trip to self-deport currently. We motivate everyone right here unlawfully to make use of this deal and book the possibility to find back to the united state the appropriate lawful method to live the American desire. Otherwise, you will certainly be apprehended and deported without an opportunity to return.”
ABC Information’ Nadine El-Bawab and Armando Garcia added to this record.
