Juan Arias, an illegal migrant from Colombia – who received a free ride to college and allegedly committed immigration fraud – has just been sworn in as a city councilman in Charlotte
The 27-year-old is getting major backlash over his alleged sham marriage to gain citizenship and his acceptance of taxpayer-funded sassistance – which was denied to many American citizens.
Accusations surrounding Arias are that he is a gay man who married a lesbian woman to become a citizen.
He was born in Colombia, and was brought into the country illegally with his illegal migrant parents, who then received taxpayer subsidized housing.
He was then given a full-ride scholarship to Queens University of Charlotte.
Arias’s free education is sparking backlash for taking money away from citizens – and legal migrants who followed the law – to enter the country legally.
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“Legal families pay taxes for public education, only to see scholarships funneled to those who bypassed borders” one policy analyst remarked
Arias’s path to citizenship, which he got around 2021, has ignited calls for a federal investigation into marriage and immigration fraud.
***In resurfaced videos, he talks about marrying his high school best friend, a woman, at age 18:
“That is how I got my citizenship.”
The marriage dissolved after about a year, with Arias claiming both “discovered they were gay” after they were married. He says he came out publicly at 19.
However, another video shows him saying he came out as gay at 13, a fact that critics say is evidence of deliberate deception to game the system.***
“This isn’t a personal journey; it’s a blatant subversion of immigration laws designed to protect American sovereignty” said a former Trump administration official, echoing demands for DHS to investigate.
***Marriage fraud carries penalties, including denaturalization and deportation, and Arias’s timeline raises red flags about the legitimacy of his green card application.
Arias is now criticizing ICE operations—labeling recent arrests in Charlotte as “terrorizing neighborhoods”
