DHS defends ICE detainment of Georgia college student who violated traffic laws: 'Not ignoring rule of law'
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The Department of Homeland Security is justifying its detention of a college student in Georgia who is undocumented, following her arrest due to traffic infractions.

Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old who is a citizen of Mexico, was apprehended by Dalton, Georgia police on May 5th after making an illegal right turn on red and driving without a valid license, as documented in 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’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.

CBP Home app

Homeland Security said all illegal aliens have the opportunity to self-deport via the CBP Home app if they are interested in returning to the U.S. by following the law. (DHS)

The agency reiterated that many people in the U.S. illegally are being given the chance to self-deport via the Customs and Border Protection Home app, which would allow them to return to America in the future through legal avenues.

Fox News Digital reached out to Dalton police and ICE for comment.

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