Rep. Carpenter Confronts Immigration Policy Failures

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GA State Rep. Kasey Carpenter (R) has been outspoken in advocating for the release of Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old undocumented college student who was detained by ICE after a mistaken traffic stop in Dalton, GA.

Carpenter previously reassured his constituents that Trump’s immigration policy would not target law-abiding individuals, but Arias-Cristobal’s arrest and ongoing detention have called that assurance into question.

Carpenter has since acknowledged the lack of a viable pathway to citizenship for young people like Arias-Cristobal.