Bond granted for Ga. teen held by ICE after wrongful traffic stop
DAHLONEGA, Ga. - A Dalton college student who was placed in an ICE detention facility after being wrongfully pulled over was granted bond on Wednesday.
Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was given a $1,500 bond Wednesday afternoon.
Her family told Atlanta News First they hope to have her back home on Thursday.
Arias-Cristobal has been in the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin since she was pulled over and charged by mistake on May 5.
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She was accused of making an improper turn and driving without a valid driver’s license. The city later dropped those charges, saying that the arresting officer’s dashcam video shows he stopped the wrong car.
Because Arias-Cristobal is undocumented, despite being in the country since she was 4, she remains at the ICE facility.
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Her father, Jose Arias-Tovar, was recently released from ICE custody. Arias-Tovar, who is also undocumented, was initially arrested after a traffic stop and spent weeks in custody. He also lives in Dalton, where he owns a construction company.
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