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

The Department of Homeland Safeguard is defending the detainment of a Georgia college participant who is in the U S illegally after she was pulled over for traffic violations and arrested Ximena Arias-Cristobal a -year-old Mexican national was arrested by police in Dalton Georgia on May after illegally turning right on red and driving without a license according to an arrest description obtained by WTVC in Chattanooga The description 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 DHS UNLEASHES ACHIEVABLE MONEY-SAVING MEASURE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS TO SELF-DEPORT 'SAFEST OPTION' Arias-Cristobal admitted to being in the U S illegally and does not have an application pending with U S Citizenship and Immigration Services according to DHS A GoFundMe set up to raise money for bond and an immigration attorney says the girl came to the U S with her parents in when she was years old The charity event which was set up by a woman who Arias-Cristobal babysits for says she did not qualify for DACA She has babysat for my kids for years We adore her Ximena is my close friend and my children s favorite babysitter Hannah Jones wrote in the description BOARDING CALL HOMELAND GUARD TO PAY FOR SELF-DEPORTATION FLIGHTS Arias-Cristobal's father -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 stated 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 commented CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The agency reiterated that several people in the U S illegally are being given the chance to self-deport via the Customs and Dividing line 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