Dalton, Georgia PD screws up, arrests the wrong person, gives her over to ICE. They admit their mistake to the press but refuse to inform ICE.
Hello America, my name is Ann Frank.
A 19 year old girl, Ximena Arias-Cristobal is pulled over because her truck looked like someone else’s. Another truck had made an illegal right turn. She was asked for her driver’s license. She had an international license but did not have it with her. So, they arrest her. And then the Georgia idiots noted that she was not a legal citizen of the U.S. ( maybe that’s why she had an international license ) and turn her over to ICE. 6 days after her arrest the Dalton PD look at the traffic cam of the arresting officer and note their mistake. They drop all charges. But, she’s still in the hands of ICE. And get this, Dalton Police Chief Crossin says that they have no plans to inform ICE that they have dropped all chargees.
The identity of the police officer who made the arrest has not been released.
Ximena Arias-Cristobol has lived in the U.S. with her family since she was 4. Her father, Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, was picked up by ICE about 2 weeks ago after a traffic stop. Trump wants to deport the whole family. This girl was 4 when her parents illegally crossed into the U.S.
This is low hanging fruit tough guy posturing bullshit is the through line of the Trump regime. It is disgusting. In his first term he targeted Muslim people who went through the proper procedures and were cleared, and as soon as they landed at JFK he went after them. His goons wait to pounce on people who are going through the legal process when they show up in court. And the first judge who tried to stop this illegal behaviour they arrest.