Audrey Washington

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Health workers held an emergency town hall meeting Wednesday to plan ways to better provide services for those living with HIV and aids after layoffs at the Fulton County Board of Health. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Damaris Henderson said she never saw it coming. “I received a random call,” Henderson told Channel 2’s Audrey Washington.

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ATLANTA — The 19-year-old undocumented college student who was wrongfully pulled over by Dalton police and then placed into ICE custody spoke at her Atlanta attorney’s office on Tuesday. “I know everything that I’m going through is unjust,” Ximena Arias-Cristabol said. “Bottom line, she should’ve never been arrested,” immigration attorney Dustin Baxter said. She spent over two weeks in the Stewart Detention Center.

2 weeks ago | wsbtv.com | Audrey Washington

DALTON, Ga. — The undocumented Georgia student held inside an ICE detention center for two weeks is now back home with her family. Ximena Arias-Cristobal made national headlines when Dalton police mistakenly pulled her over during a traffic stop and then learned she was undocumented. ICE agents immediately sent Arias to the Stewart Detention Center in Columbus. “It was scary. I was terrified,” Arias-Cristobal said. “As I was being transported down to Stewart, I stopped at some offices in Atlanta.

2 weeks ago | wsbtv.com | Audrey Washington

ATLANTA — The undocumented Georgia college student who was sent to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center could be home in just a few hours. A federal judge granted Ximena Arias-Cristobal bond on Wednesday, and now, Channel 2’s Audrey Washington has spoken to her about her experience inside the detention center. Over the phone, Arias-Cristobal sounded optimistic as she spoke about life after her experience. “I won’t ever be the same,” she said.

2 weeks ago | wsbtv.com | Audrey Washington

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. — The sheriff’s deputy in Florida charged with the shooting death of a U.S. Airman from metro Atlanta will not be allowed to leave the Fort Walton Beach area to seek new employment. An Okaloosa County judge made the ruling Tuesday afternoon. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]“[We’re] disappointed in the judge’s ruling. But we understand it and respect it,” defense attorney Michael Flowers told Channel 2’s Audrey Washington.