Legal permanent resident detained on ICE hold after traffic stop for minor violations
Sep 15, 2025·Location: Rogers, AR
Country of origin: Mexico

Cristina Osornio, a legal permanent resident and mother of six who has lived in the U.S. since infancy, was stopped by police in Rogers on September 15, 2025, for driving without insurance and with a suspended license. She was arrested on a warrant for missing a court appearance in a misdemeanor domestic violence case and held at Benton County Jail on an ICE hold for four days before being released without explanation. Osornio said the detention was "very scary" and exacerbated her health conditions. Her husband, Edwin Sanchez-Mendoza, was deported to Mexico after a misdemeanor arrest months earlier, leaving the family without their primary breadwinner and forcing them to lose their home.
Sources
- How one Arkansas county helps ICE make hundreds of arrests and spreads fear among immigrants
Associated Press·Dec 4, 2025·archived copy
- A county jail in Arkansas produces hundreds of ICE arrests under a program surging across the US | The Associated Press
ap.org·Dec 4, 2025·archived copy
- Benton County jail has handed over hundreds of detainees to ICE this year, AP reports - Arkansas Times
arktimes.com·Dec 4, 2025·archived copy
- Seattle Times
- abc10.com
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