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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
College Student Faces Deportation Even After Cops Admit Mistake
Police have admitted they wrongly pulled over a Mexican-born college student before sending her to an ICE facility. Despite the admission from Dalton Police Department, Ximena Arias-Cristobal is still in Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, and faces deportation to the country she left as a toddler. The 19-year-old Dalton State College student was accused of making an illegal right turn at a red light in Dalton last Monday. She was thrown into ICE detention with chains around her wrists and ankles. Local police and the prosecuting attorney of the city of Dalton have now dismissed the charges after a review of the dash cam video of the traffic stop showed that the student's vehicle appeared similar to the offending one. She faces a judge on May 20 for a scheduled bond hearing. She remains on ICE's online system and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the MAGA congresswoman whose district includes Dalton, has indicated she will still be deported. 'Ms. Cristobal was incredibly fortunate to grow up in a beautiful part of the world—Dalton, Georgia,' Greene said. 'While local Dalton officials dropped her charges, the facts remain: she was driving illegally without a license and has no legal basis to remain in the United States.' The teenager had been cited for an improper right turn, but she also told traffic cops that she had an international driver's license and not the required Georgia state driver's license. 'I'm grateful the Trump Administration is upholding our nation's immigration laws and keeping families together, it's the right thing to do,' Greene added. Dalton's assistant chief of police, Chris Crossen, meanwhile, appeared sympathetic. He said at a press conference on Monday: 'We certainly regret the circumstances that led us to where we are today.' 'Ximena is one of many young, innocent people who have had the misfortune of being caught up in Trump's cruel dragnet,' her attorney, Dustin Baxter, told The Independent. 'The fact that Ximena, like many others, has committed no crime for which they can be deported means nothing anymore,' he added. The fact she has been in the U.S. since she was 4 years old and is active in her community 'means nothing to ICE,' Baxter said. Earlier this year ICE brought back a 'no release' policy, which makes Arias-Cristobal's chances of re-entering her adoptive hometown unlikely. Baxter said the policy 'makes a mockery of Trump's promise to deport 'bad people.'' State Rep. Kacey Carpenter, a Republican, has urged the judge to release the student. 'She is not a danger to the community,' he said in an open letter. 'She's been here for 15 years. Never been in trouble, good student, good athlete, etc, etc. 'I understand that we're deporting people, but can we focus on people that are trying to be a danger to society, and not people that are here through no fault of their own, that are an asset to the community, that are providing opportunities moving forward for community, for the state.' Arias-Cristobal's father, Jose Francisco Arias-Tovar, was also scooped up as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. He was detained three weeks ago after being caught going 19 miles over the speed limit in nearby Tunnel Hill. The two family members are being housed in the same ICE facility, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from their hometown. '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,' the Department of Homeland Security wrote on X after the teen's arrest. 'Both father and daughter were in this country illegally and they have to face the consequences,' DHS said Tuesday. The agency has been contacted for an updated statement.
Black America Web
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Salma Hayek Strips Down In Sexy Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Shoot
Source: Ruven Afanador for SI / Ruven Afanador for SI This year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover went to rising stars like gymnasts Jordan Chiles and Livvy Dunne and model Lauren Chan, but the most surprising addition was Salma Hayek. The Mexican-born actress was photographed in her home country by Ruven Afanador. Set at the Cuixmala luxury resort, Hayek explains how much gracing the cover of SI Swimsuit always meant to her, but she never expected to receive the honor just shy of 60 years old. 'I remember when I was young, a long, long time ago, I was always excited to see the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated , and [thinking] 'Who's going to be in it?' Of course, I didn't look like a model, so it never crossed my mind that one day I would be in it,' Hayek Pinault said. 'If somebody had told me I was gonna be in it at 58, I would have sent them to the madhouse, but the world has changed, and that's exciting.' Source: Ruven Afanador for SI / Ruven Afanador for SI Starting in the 1990s, she made her name for herself in the States with roles like Desperado and From Dusk till Dawn , she's since turned into a successful producer and women's rights advocate. She's also married to François-Henri Pinault, the son of billionaire François Pinault, who founded Kering, which owns luxury brands like Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, and Balenciaga. But still, that sex symbol label is just as present as it was 20 years ago when she flooded People 's '50 Most Beautiful People' list, Maxim 's Hot 100, and FHM 's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. Now, with showing off her body in the SI Swimsuit edition, she's embracing it all and letting other ladies her age know life doesn't end once you turn 50. 'I feel so fortunate that I am part of a generation that has been able to really experience very tangible change,' she said. 'I could retire, but I don't want to miss out on this time. 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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Teen arrested by ICE faces deportation despite dismissed traffic charges
Dalton, Georgia — A 19-year-old Mexican-born Georgia woman who has lived in the U.S. since she was 4 continues to face deportation, despite the dismissal of the traffic charges that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest her. In her first interview since being detained by ICE, Ximena Arias Cristobal told CBS News said her biggest worry is not being able to stay in Georgia, after spending most of her life — around 15 years — in the U.S. "My life is here, and I'm scared I'm going to have to start all over again in a country that I don't know," Arias Cristobal said over a phone call from inside an ICE detention center in Georgia where she is being held. She's been held at that facility since she was taken into custody by a Dalton policeman on May 5 on charges of making an improper turn and driving without a license. A college student who graduated from Dalton's high school last year, Arias Cristobal came to the U.S. without authorization in 2010. While she came to the U.S. as a child, she did not qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy that currently protects half a million undocumented immigrants known as "Dreamers" from deportation. She arrived after the Obama-era program's June 2007 cut-off date. Before President Trump took office for a second time, Arias Cristobal — a young undocumented immigrant without a criminal record who has lived in the U.S. for many years — would likely not have been arrested by ICE, even without the DACA protections. But in its bid to oversee what it has promised will be the largest mass deportation campaign in American history, the Trump administration has vastly expanded who can be arrested and deported, revoking Biden-era rules that directed ICE to focus on arresting people deemed to be national security threats, serious criminals and migrants who recently entered the U.S. illegally. On Monday, officials in Dalton dismissed the two traffic charges against Arias Cristobal, saying the police officer had stopped the wrong car. It was that traffic stop that landed Arias Cristobal in Whitfield County Jail, where she was detained by ICE. The county is one of hundreds of jurisdictions that have agreements to cooperate with ICE by turning over noncitizen detainees. Despite the dismissal of the traffic charges, Arias Cristobal continues to face deportation to Mexico, alongside her father, who was detained by ICE in April, also after a traffic stop. They're both being held at the Stewart ICE detention facility in Lumpkin, Georgia. In a statement to CBS News, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the facts in Arias Cristobal's case "haven't changed," even after the traffic violations were dismissed. "Both father and daughter were in this country illegally and they have to face the consequences," McLaughlin said. She did not dispute that Arias Cristobal and her father do not have criminal records. "They're not criminals" Ndaitha Cristobal said her daughter had an otherwise typical American upbringing in north Georgia, despite living in the U.S. without valid immigration documents. She said Arias Cristobal is an avid runner who competed in cross-country races in high school and worked as a babysitter. "Ximena is a calm girl. She's dedicated to studying. She's a very active girl. She's a girl who sets goals for herself. She is very disciplined," Cristobal said in Spanish outside the family's home in Dalton, a city roughly an hour and a half north of Atlanta where half the residents are Latino, many of them immigrants. Cristobal said her eldest daughter is also very close to her two younger sisters — ages 12 and 9 — who are both American citizens. Aurora, the 12-year-old, said she's having trouble concentrating in school, as she's constantly worried about her family's fate. "My family's a good family … they're not criminals," Aurora said. "They might have came here illegally, but they came here to fulfill their dreams." Like her eldest daughter and husband, Cristobal is in the U.S. illegally. She has become the family's main breadwinner since her husband's arrest. Aurora said she's scared her mother could also find herself in an ICE detention center. "She's the last hope we have. She's the grown adult that we have here. She's the one that's been working, paying the bills," Aurora said. Even in a ruby red Georgia community represented by conservative firebrand and immigration hardliner Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress, Arias Cristobal's arrest has made many uneasy. President Trump bested former Vice President Kamala Harris by 44 percentage points in Whitfield County in the 2024 election. "There's been an uprising of heartbreak for our community, because, you know, a lot of people felt like we were going after the hard criminals, and unfortunately, good people are getting caught on the wash on this issue," said Georgia state lawmaker Kasey Carpenter, a Republican who represents Dalton. Carpenter said he wrote a letter vouching for Arias Cristobal's character, calling her "an asset" for the local community. In a statement, Greene defended the handling of Arias Cristobal's case by immigration officials, saying the Trump administration is "upholding our nation's immigration laws." "While local Dalton officials dropped her charges, the facts remain: she was driving illegally without a license and has no legal basis to remain in the United States," Greene said. Since being taken into ICE custody, Arias Cristobal has been calling home daily from detention. CBS News was there when she called on Mother's Day. As her mother wept, Arias Cristobal said that, if given the chance to speak to the president, she would urge him to feel some "compassion," stressing that she and her family members are not criminals. Her family's separation, she added, has been especially painful. "The hardest part is being ripped away from each other," she said. Jared Eggleston contributed reporting. Sneak peek: Fatal First Date House committee approves tax portion of GOP budget plan, including potential Medicaid, SNAP cuts Wisconsin judge detained in ICE obstruction case expected in court
CBS News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Georgia teen arrested by ICE faces deportation, despite dismissed traffic charges: "My life is here"
College student detained by ICE after being wrongly pulled over: "My life is here" Dalton, Georgia — A 19-year-old Mexican-born Georgia woman who has lived in the U.S. since she was 4 continues to face deportation, despite the dismissal of the traffic charges that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest her. In her first interview since being detained by ICE, Ximena Arias Cristobal told CBS News said her biggest worry is not being able to stay in Georgia, after spending most of her life — around 15 years — in the U.S. "My life is here, and I'm scared I'm going to have to start all over again in a country that I don't know," Arias Cristobal said over a phone call from inside an ICE detention center in Georgia where she is being held. She's been held at that facility since she was taken into custody by a Dalton policeman on May 5 on charges of making an improper turn and driving without a license. A college student who graduated from Dalton's high school last year, Arias Cristobal came to the U.S. without authorization in 2010. While she came to the U.S. as a child, she did not qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy that currently protects half a million undocumented immigrants known as "Dreamers" from deportation. She arrived after the Obama-era program's June 2007 cut-off date. Before President Trump took office for a second time, Arias Cristobal — a young undocumented immigrant without a criminal record who has lived in the U.S. for many years — would likely not have been arrested by ICE, even without the DACA protections. But in its bid to oversee what it has promised will be the largest mass deportation campaign in American history, the Trump administration has vastly expanded who can be arrested and deported, revoking Biden-era rules that directed ICE to focus on arresting people deemed to be national security threats, serious criminals and migrants who recently entered the U.S. illegally. On Monday, officials in Dalton dismissed the two traffic charges against Arias Cristobal, saying the police officer had stopped the wrong car. It was that traffic stop that landed Arias Cristobal in Whitfield County Jail, where she was detained by ICE. The county is one of hundreds of jurisdictions that have agreements to cooperate with ICE by turning over noncitizen detainees. Despite the dismissal of the traffic charges, Arias Cristobal continues to face deportation to Mexico, alongside her father, who was detained by ICE in April, also after a traffic stop. They're both being held at the Stewart ICE detention facility in Lumpkin, Georgia. In a statement to CBS News, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the facts in Arias Cristobal's case "haven't changed," even after the traffic violations were dismissed. "Both father and daughter were in this country illegally and they have to face the consequences," McLaughlin said. She did not dispute that Arias Cristobal and her father do not have criminal records. Georgia teen Ximena Arias Cristobal arrested by ICE faces deportation, despite dismissed traffic charges: "My life is here" CBS News "They're not criminals" Ndaitha Cristobal said her daughter had an otherwise typical American upbringing in north Georgia, despite living in the U.S. without valid immigration documents. She said Arias Cristobal is an avid runner who competed in cross-country races in high school and worked as a babysitter. "Ximena is a calm girl. She's dedicated to studying. She's a very active girl. She's a girl who sets goals for herself. She is very disciplined," Cristobal said in Spanish outside the family's home in Dalton, a city roughly an hour and a half north of Atlanta where half the residents are Latino, many of them immigrants. Cristobal said her eldest daughter is also very close to her two younger sisters — ages 12 and 9 — who are both American citizens. Aurora, the 12-year-old, said she's having trouble concentrating in school, as she's constantly worried about her family's fate. "My family's a good family … they're not criminals," Aurora said. "They might have came here illegally, but they came here to fulfill their dreams." Like her eldest daughter and husband, Cristobal is in the U.S. illegally. She has become the family's main breadwinner since her husband's arrest. Aurora said she's scared her mother could also find herself in an ICE detention center. "She's the last hope we have. She's the grown adult that we have here. She's the one that's been working, paying the bills," Aurora said. Even in a ruby red Georgia community represented by conservative firebrand and immigration hardliner Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress, Arias Cristobal's arrest has made many uneasy. President Trump bested former Vice President Kamala Harris by 44 percentage points in Whitfield County in the 2024 election. "There's been an uprising of heartbreak for our community, because, you know, a lot of people felt like we were going after the hard criminals, and unfortunately, good people are getting caught on the wash on this issue," said Georgia state lawmaker Kasey Carpenter, a Republican who represents Dalton. Carpenter said he wrote a letter vouching for Arias Cristobal's character, calling her "an asset" for the local community. In a statement, Greene defended the handling of Arias Cristobal's case by immigration officials, saying the Trump administration is "upholding our nation's immigration laws." "While local Dalton officials dropped her charges, the facts remain: she was driving illegally without a license and has no legal basis to remain in the United States," Greene said. Since being taken into ICE custody, Arias Cristobal has been calling home daily from detention. CBS News was there when she called on Mother's Day. As her mother wept, Arias Cristobal said that, if given the chance to speak to the president, she would urge him to feel some "compassion," stressing that she and her family members are not criminals. Her family's separation, she added, has been especially painful. "The hardest part is being ripped away from each other," she said. Jared Eggleston contributed reporting.
Telegraph
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Anyone for a meat-tini? The rise of spirits infused with beef, oysters and raw turkey
In mid-March, Snowdonia Wagyu took a step beyond its usual briskets and burgers and launched a beef-infused rum. The following week, Hong Kong cocktail bar Tell Camellia went viral after posting an Instagram reel in which its bartender made an oyster gin. The secret? Blending the shellfish into a cream-coloured, gin-based paste before distillation. And then, on an April episode of popular food podcast Off Menu, Mexican-born, London-based chef Santiago Lastra ruffled feathers by championing 'mezcal de pechuga', an agave spirit distilled with raw turkey breast. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tell Camellia (@tellcamellia) Why the sudden uptick in spirits infused with poultry, game and seafood? While consommé-based cocktails (known as 'stocktails') have been around since the 1950s, and 'fat-washing' became popular among bartenders in the noughties, we're increasingly seeing the spirits themselves get the meat and mollusc treatment. I've come to the Mezcaleria in the basement of Lastra's Michelin-starred Kol in Marylebone to sample a selection with bartender Liam Cullen. Fowl play 'Pechuga, particularly, can be difficult to get your head around,' admits Cullen. 'People's first question tends to be: is the turkey cooked? It's not.' And, although the heat and alcohol levels in the stills kill any harmful bacteria, Cullen concedes that pechuga might struggle to attract a following if it was invented today. 'Thankfully, it's a tradition – it has a track record.' Tradition, however, hasn't stopped distillers experimenting. Cullen has an Australian bottle of kangaroo pechuga behind the bar, and a Mexican crocodile pechuga on the menu. 'We like to say that most pechugas are similar in texture to a buttery Chardonnay,' he says of the creamy style, which is achieved when oils from the raw meat mingle with alcohol vapours. The meatiest mezcal on offer at Kol is 'pechuga de venado', distilled using cuts of white-tailed deer. It's got a gamey flavour, slightly fruity and is the most pleasant of the pechugas I have tried. Meanwhile Stateside, New Hampshire's Tamworth Distilling is also utilising venison in the production of a whiskey named Deerslayer. Since starting up five years ago, the small-batch distillery has been experimenting using a rotary evaporator (a piece of equipment commonly found in pharmaceutical laboratories) to create bourbons flavoured with deer, as well as crab or goose. Where's the beef? In Britain, Snowdonia Wagyu's rum has a similar richness to that of venison-infused spirits. It's unctuous and more savoury than you'd expect from a sugar-derived spirit, but not obviously beef-based. 'With rigorous food safety oversight, we distil the fat, offcuts and bones,' explains Sioned Pritchard, co-founder of the Caernarfon-based brand. 'These are elements rich in flavour, but often underused. This way, the rum aligns with our ongoing commitment to sustainable farming and whole-animal usage.' The limited-run rum, which Pritchard describes as 'buttery, nuanced and layered', began as a joke, 'one that quickly turned into a compelling challenge'. Yet the Welsh appear adept at such alchemy. In 2013, Conwy Brewery used roast lamb juices to whip up a porter called 'Sunday Toast', and Llanfairpwll Distillery hand-harvests local shellfish for its Menai Oyster Gin. Conceived during the 2020 lockdowns, theirs is one of the few 'oyster gins' to use oyster flesh (other examples, such as that from Scotland's Isle of Bute Distillery, use only the shells). 'It gives the gin a rockpool salinity,' explains head distiller Rob Laming, who points out that Llanfairpwll uses only deformed or 'ugly' oysters that would otherwise be discarded in line with the company's no-waste ethos. 'We were happy to try something new and use the flesh,' he explains. 'The response it most often gets is disgust. Until they try it'. Shell shock The seafood-infused spirits perhaps seem less of a stretch. After all, caviar and vodka have long been close bedfellows (in 2019, Pernod Ricard even launched L'Orbe, a bottle of vodka with a caviar-filled tube at its centre). In Hong Kong, Tell Camellia's viral oyster gin was the result of owner Gagan Gurung's desire to bring 'a clean, briny essence' to his cocktails. 'Our goal was to concentrate as much flavour as possible,' Gurung explains, 'which required blending to break down the oyster meat thoroughly. We then slow-cooked the mixture to gently extract all the aromatic compounds, resulting in umami and rich oceanic flavours.' In the Netherlands, Oyester blitzes full oysters to create its Oyester 44 Maritime Vodka with similarly saline results. Distilled by drinks innovator Chris Liebau, he intends the spirit to be enjoyed alongside a plate of freshly shucked shellfish, and says oyster flesh was used as 'it adds a richness and creaminess that the shells alone couldn't'. Of the seafood-infused spirits I've tried, this is the best. I may not be sipping it from an oyster shell (as Liebau suggests), but it manages to brilliantly balance a briny character with sharp citrus notes. The Dutchman promises future seafood spirits, 'for now, though, I'm keeping my shucking knife close to my chest'. This initial offering is a smooth treat; it may be a 'meaty' spirit, but it doesn't feel gimmicky. Back at the Mezcaleria, this is what concerns Cullen. 'Interest is growing,' he says in pechuga and other meat-based spirits, 'but some London bars are now saying they make their own pechuga which is stretching the term. They may be putting meat in their mezcal and infusing it, but do they have a still? I just hope people don't start doing it for shock value.' Because, while bottles bearing 'contains mollusc' or 'contains raw meat product' warnings may seem sensationalist, most of these spirits – whether infused with uncooked poultry or high-grade beef – turn to meat and natural fats in pursuit of a creamier, more buttery texture than can be achieved using conventional ingredients or methods. Most succeed. So, if you can get over their provenance, only one question remains: will your future cocktail order be shaken, stirred or medium-rare?
