This week on Lawmakers Huddle: Immigration laws have come under increased scrutiny with the arrest and detention by ICE of a 19-year-old college student in Dalton. Donna Lowry spoke with Republican State Representative Kasey Carpenter to discuss his interest in immigration reform. 

A Dalton college student, 19-year-old Ximena Arias-Cristobal, is shown speaking behind a set of microphones.

Ximena Arias-Cristobal speaks to the media after being released from immigration detention.

Credit: Sarah Kallis / GPB Photo

 

Immigration laws have come under increased scrutiny with the arrest and detention by ICE of a 19-year-old college student in Dalton.

A police officer mistakenly pulled over Ximena Arias-Cristobal during a routine traffic stop.  She was recently released on bond after weeks in the Stewart Detention Center.

Arias-Cristobal was born in Mexico but has lived in the United States since age 4.

Among those speaking out in support of her is a state lawmaker from Dalton. On this edition of Lawmakers Huddle: Republican Rep. Kasey Carpenter joins Donna Lowry to discuss his interest in reforming the U.S. immigration system.

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