Juan Arias, an illegal migrant from Columbia has just been sworn in as a city councilman in Charlotte

Juan Arias, an illegal migrant from Columbia - 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 subsidized assistance - 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.

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.
“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.