Cindy Reyna, Model and UC Santa Barbara Student, Faces Deportation

Just because she is hot and nice does not give her the right to be in this country illegally. She is here getting educated, (probably on the taxpayer dime), using the system, and driving drunk. Not to mention the fact that she could not go through the proper channels to get her citizenship legally, in the past 7 years. Like so many others have done. If you can not follow the laws, and are not a citizen then you do not belong here. The UCSB children and professors should start thinking about the legal/ monetary issues of this illegal alien being in the country before they ask everyone to support her. They of all people have first hand experience of the stress that illegals have brought on the education system in the state.(Question for the children: Are you having trouble getting the classes you need to graduate????)....Better think about it!! KEEP HER IN ICE CUSTODY, DEPORT HER AND ALL ILLEGAL ALIENS LIKE HER ASAP!!!

UMMMM...deported for a DUI ??? dat's f@#$%$ up...& her dad's a US citizen...the system is outdated and broken...

BTY, I wonder if Obama's uncle is going to be deported? If this sweet girl gets deported, the Presidential uncle should also be deported. Story here: http://www.humanevents.com/art...

It is amazing how one little bit of stupidity can turn your life upside down. I think she is another example of a person held hostage by the inability of Democrats to compromise with Republicans to get the border secure. All Democrats need to do it agree to authentic enforcement Republicans will fall all over themselves voting for amnesty. Democrats think this issue will help them with "Latinos" when in reality Bush at 40% of the Latino electorate in 2004 and McCain I think 37% in 2008. Get serious...she is another victim of Democratic politics and keeping the race card in their hand of cards.

The arrest and deportation proceeding of UCSB student Cindy Reyna is best reported under the heading of Staged Political Theater - of which the lead role is being played unwillingly, or more likely willingly, by the camera ready Ms. Reyna.

Take note of the comment from the ICE spokeperson on Reyna's quick conviction. If the report of her DUI conviction is accurate, then it must have been a voluntary guilty plea arranged and entered at arraignment or the next day.

Note that Ms. Reyna interned for Univision and has pursued modeling - the notoriety of this incident could help launch her media career. Of course, just because there may be something in it for Cindy Reyna is not enough to get CA CHP and I.C.E  casting a special net to catch one ambitious senior Communications Major and Miss Santa Barbara County contestant.

For that wagging of the dog, look no further than Ms. Reyna's resume listing a cerificate of recognition signed by Lois Capps.

Member of the United States House of Representative Lois Capps (D)  is a soft target for a brutal challenge from Republican allied opponents in the California primary election in 90 days.

The newly drawn boundaries for California Congressional Districts have made Incumbent Lois Capps the axis on which media coverage of Cindy Reyna is made to pivot.

I honestly cannot say if Cindy Reyna is being used to energize conservatives opposed to the Dream Act for a big absentee ballot count in favor of a Republican opponent to Representative Capps.

Or if California Democratic Party strategists calculate  Lois Capps earning a net gain in votes by using Cindy Reyna as the wake-up call to dormant progressive student voters at U.C.S.B. and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

In fact, it isn't even clear what election Lois Capps is planning to enter as a candidate.

She currently represents California Congressional District 23, but the boundaries have just been redrawn on all the central coast and Central Valley districts.

 Incumbents and challengers, Democrats and Republicans are engaged in musical chairs to find the best seat to challenge for and retain for the next 5 election cycles.

The music hasn't stopped yet - but the needle gets pulled up this Friday. Thats the deadline for candidates who want their name on the California Primary ballot to submit qualifying paperwork. Will Rep.Capps run in CA District 23 or CA District 24?

Whatever seat Lois Capps tries to sit down in, we already know that the arrest and deportation circus over Cindy Reyna is DEM/REP election year sideshow.

PROJECT RUN-OVER

Thank you to "justice" for the informative comments based on the actual police/official files in Reyna's case. I appreciate the research work you conducted and shared with us.  Information is power, and you empowered us with this information.  Thanks again.

Concerned citizen (who supports Reyna and anyone who has been stopped by the police on "suspicion" only). The last decade has seen the erosion of our constitutional/bill or rights and basic human rights.

Wow..let me put myself in her shoes for a minute...model, ambitious..educating myself in a country that I am living in without the legal right to be here. Hmm,, I would appreciate each day that goes by smoothing without getting caught always knowing I am a hidden guest and unlawfully here. I get drunk..take the wheel and get caught. NOW i've got to face my reality..in the courts. With a lawyer and friends I might be able to convince a judge I made a mistake...give me a chance..In the end I might have to return to my country and manage another way to get back to the US..legally! 

Truth is humbling...every American citizen pays for their mistakes...so will Cindy...she was on borrowed time. Cindy is young and ambitious..I sure there are options she can take to secure legal status herejust as many other  undocumented people have who have come before her.Suerte Cindy..time to face your consequences.

This is for Cindy Dad look what you created this messy deportation case. Get out there and do something about it  Asswhole. It make me mad seen this happen. I am a latina i have 2 daugthers was born overseas with and American Dad and did apply for the citizenship before we moved here. I want to know how do you feel now.!

Deportation:Ok first of all i didn't hear anything about the parents here. It is the Dad responsibility of not getting Cindy a US citizenship either before or after they moved to the U.S. So Dad Blame yourself for this one shame on you for not doing this for your daughter yuckkkk. As to my understand the Dad is & U.S Citizen of this country. As for the DUI she has to pay the piper. To my understand the immigration can't deport Cindy if her Dad is and American she has the right to be here. Hang-in there Cindy.

Cindy Reyna is a drunken trollop and an embarrassment to the entire Latino Community. We are tired of having our pride dragged through the gutter by illegal foreign nationals invading this country and tarnishing the reputation of hard-working citizens. Deport this alien back to Guatemala immediately! 

Cindy has at 3.8 at UCSB! She is a very intelligent girl in her college years. We all do things we regret during that time. Deporting her would be ripping her life away. She is about to be a college grad and become a hard working individual that contributes to tge improvement of the US economy. Her father is a US citizen!

ATTENTION LEGAL CITIZENS: Cindy Reyna works ILLEGALLY (obviously) in a club downtown called 'The Savoy'Here is a proof of the facebook formal invitation to the public from The Savoy Staff:We are so happy to have Cindy as one of the newest members of our staff! She is such a pleasure to be around and works her ass off so this Saturday night, The Savoy is celebrating her 23rd b-day!This event is as classy as she is and ALL of you are invited!! The party starts at 10:30 with bottle service as continues ALL NIGHT LONG! Come take a shot with the b-day girl and make her 23rd one she will DEF FORGET!We love you Cindy! ♥ From the Savoy staffThis is from January 7th. 2012NOW: How come she is not charged for Identity Theft ???She had to provide a REAL SSN and LEGAL form of ID in order to work LEGALLY! ORThe Savoy Club hires undocumented immigrants under the table???BTW: Is she a bartender or stripper????http://www.facebook.com/events...

We ALL make mistakes. The ones who have written bad comments must be so "perfect" in their ignorance, therefore they do not acknowledge the good things this girl has done. I agree that drinking and driving is wrong, but this girl was NOT drunk. I had the chance to meet her and study her case at one of the facilities she was detained and I saw the police report in which she appeared to have had passed the DUI test, however, she had one drink at the end of the night which made the police officers "suspicious" and they took her to jail. Also based on the report, Cindy was pulled over because of a small traffic infraction, the made a STOP and stopped a little over the white line... REALLY?? They made it such a big deal!!! She appeared to do good on the test as well!!! (according to her Public Defender) She still paid for this mistake though.... and putting her in jail because of an ICE hold, is just outrageous and unfair. It is about time to really focus on the issues that matter... in this case: Fairness for all undocumented students who are here to work hard and get an education for a better future, not only for themselves, but also for America! 

We ALL make mistakes. The ones who have written bad comments must be so "perfect" in their ignorance, therefore they do not acknowledge the good things this girl has done. I agree that drinking and driving is wrong, but this girl was NOT drunk. I had the chance to meet her and study her case at one of the facilities she was detained and I saw the police report in which she appeared to have had passed the DUI test, however, she had one drink at the end of the night which made the police officers "suspicious" and they took her to jail. Also based on the report, Cindy was pulled over because of a small traffic infraction, the made a STOP and stopped a little over the white line... REALLY?? They made it such a big deal!!! She appeared to do good on the test as well!!! (according to her Public Defender) She still paid for this mistake though.... putting her in jail because of an ICE hold, is just outrageous and unfair. It is about time to really focus on the issues that matter, in this case: Fairness for all undocumented students who are here to work hard and educate themselves for a better future, not only for themselves, but also for America!

Go back to ur country Cindy Reyna!!! Grt ur ass out of us, we do not want people like you here!!!

Read this, cabron (posting as "HumanBeing").....

Under Title 8 Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, "Improper Entry by Alien," any citizen of any country other than the United States who:

*Enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers; or

*Eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or

*Attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact;

has committed a federal crime.

Violations are punishable by criminal fines and imprisonment for up to six months. Repeat offenses can bring up to two years in prison. Additional civil fines may be imposed at the discretionof immigration judges, but civil fines do not negate the criminal sanctions or nature of the offense.--------------------

Got it? Now deport her ass on the first TACA flight leaving LAX :-)

 There is nothing wrong with being "Latino," but a person from Spain has their own self understood identity. No one likes having an identity imposed on them by someone else. If you are proud to be Welsh or Scottish and someone calls you English, you would correct them. If your family came from Ireland, you felt a deep tie to that culture, but you lived in a predominantly Italian-American neighborhood you would also correct someone that presumed you to be someotehr than what you are.It is that simple

saquenla a su pais, alla que rompa las reglas que quiera... Que inresponsable!! y que tal hubiera matado a alguien? Yo no se por que la estan apoyando cuando el manejar borracha es un gran delito.. Ojala y la deporten.. Yo la conosco y siempre pense que era legal en este pais por que ella es muy tacista y despota!! Que la saquen por estupida, creida e inresponsable!!!

Hmmmmmm.... here we have some arrogant stinkin' invader who also endangers Americans by driving drunk. What's to discuss? Deport her sorry arse on the first thing headed south. 

She is in the country illegally. She is driving after having to much to drink. Doesn't sound like she has learned very much in school. peace

Can we just leave her be? all she wants is an education. for the love of god be compassionate! 

Dennis, marry her take one for the TEAM!

Haha "DREAM Act-Eligible student", you're killing me! Really, this is a classification now?  Oh, since she is eligible for some act that exists only in the deluded minds of aztlanistas, we should bend the rules for her?

No, Jamas, and never. 

And I love how her supporters immediately attack and slander anyone who criticizes her for breaking multiple laws.

I'd rather be deported than held hostage like Americans in South Korea. What I'm saying is that this story is sad because Cindy did something stupid and got caught - but she is being released and now can focus on getting back to the U.S. legitimately and finishing her degree.

She's fine but she's a wetback and if she stays she might marry a white boy or a basket ball player that's what all fine Mexican girls do anyways deport her.

There are so many issues being commented on in this thread that are inaccurate and misguided.  The CHP checkpoint here in Goleta was set up in a way where they claim to have been checking for DUI's but they were only asking for driver's licenses. The CHP checkpoint was set up here with the knowledge that an AB540 Student conference was taking place.  This location was purposefully targeted.  There are plainclothes officers and planted student officers everyday at UCSB that ask those of us who they profile (as potentially unauthorized) to show them identification for no reason other than suspicion.  

The next issue is that these Santa Barbara police officers showed up to our Chicana/o Studies class, practicing intimidation tactics, to search for students who they suspect are unauthorized. How blind does a society have to be in order NOT to see that the politics of immigration are racialized politics? Latinos are being targeted as suspects of unauthorized entry while institutional forces lull and pull migrants to be apart of the unauthorized workforce every single day.  They are scapegoating our populations and our students and this is a complete violation of human rights and the most blatant form of economic hypocrisy this nation is caught up in.  

I'm surprised at the insensitivity of the morons here. .08 alcohol level....really?

She is one of the smartest, and nicest people I've met, and hard-working as wel, she does not deserve this. Not one bit.

As if you guys haven't driven a little bit tipsy before.

this is not about americas next top model send her ass back to watemala shell have more luck there. i know people that work hard and take more responsabilty of their actions and still get deported. 

first of all i'm a u.s. citizen and born in korea. deport her immediately. how could she be responsible and caring when she was caught dui. this country is out of control with illegals. yes, illegals, not "undoucumented person". also, we are sending message out that our u.s. students are so dumb that we need to support these illegals to run our country. what happened to our back bone. she should blame her step father not taking care her immigration problem when she was 15. not just her, every illegals should be out. if they have kids that was born here, take them also. let's take care our u.s. children and all the unemployed americans out there.