'100 percent regret': Deep-red Georgia manufacturing town revolts over key Trump policy

A deep-red Georgia community is uniting against the deportation of a familiar face after police officers wrongfully pulled her over for an illegal right turn she did not make.

A Dalton police officer pulled over 19-year-old Jimena Arias by accident after mistaking her vehicle for another driver on May 5. He then arrested her for driving without a U.S. driver’s license.

“I cannot go to jail. I have my finals next week,” Arias told the officer.

“Well, you’re going,” The officer told her.

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A week later, Dalton police determined the officer had pulled over the wrong truck and dropped her traffic charges. But Arias is undocumented. Her parents brought her from Mexico as a child in 2010, so Arias now sits in Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center.

Dalton State College students are furious at Arias’ impending deportation, and have taken to the streets in protest. Local resident Hannah Jones raised thousands of dollars to cover Arias’ legal fees after Arias served as her family’s babysitter for years.

“She's a Daltonian, through and through,” Jones told reporters. “She has so many connections in the community. She's just an American teenager.

Arias younger sisters, who are U.S. citizens, say they are traumatized by their sister’s arrest, as are other community members.

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“As a concerned father, as a school board of education member, what's going to happen to a lot of our students that drive to school?” asked Dalton resident Manny Meza.

Roughly half of the town’s population shares Hispanic heritage, but the community chose Donald Trump as president, even if some members say they didn’t vote for the removal of innocent town teens.

“I still think … Trump winning the election was important for the country, but on this particular issue I 100 percent regret this,” said Rep. Kasey Carpenter (R-Dalton), who wrote a letter of support for Arias to a judge overseeing Arias’ case.

But Trump's department of Homeland Security says “both father and daughter were in this country illegally and they have to face the consequences.”

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Arias was four years old when her family brought her here.

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