SARASOTA, Fla. - The family of an undocumented Sarasota college student is pleading for her to come back home after she was arrested and taken into ICE custody.

"We want her back. She's not a criminal," Maria' sister Kasandra Martinez said. "We didn't ask to be here, but it was God's plan."

The backstory:

Her parents admit they brought Maria and some of her siblings to the U.S. illegally when Maria was 12.

While she was undocumented, her family says she got an Associate's degree in business administration and worked at a restaurant.

"She's hard-working. She went to school here. She has a career. She deserves to be here," Kasandra said.

Her family says on May 21st Maria was pulled over by North Port Police for making an illegal U-turn. She was arrested for driving without a license.

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