"We are thrilled that Ms. Santillana was released, and has been able to return home to Chicago where she belongs, attorney Charlie Wysong said in the statement. We will continue to pursue her immigration claims to stay in the United States. We are grateful to her community for the outpouring of support over these difficult days, and ask that her privacy be respected while she rests and recovers from this ordeal."
"Her case reflects the Trump administration's increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics. But her detention at a day care was unusual even under Operation Midway Blitz, which has resulted in more than 3,000 immigration arrests in the Chicago area since early September. Agents have rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a middle-of-the-night apartment building raid, appeared with overwhelming force in recreational areas and launched tear gas amid protests."
"I am so grateful to everyone who has advocated on my behalf, and on behalf of the countless others who have experienced similar trauma over recent months in the Chicago area, Santillana Galeano said in the same statement. I love our community and the children I teach, and I can't wait to see them again."
Diana Santillana Galeano was detained Nov. 5 at the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center as children were being dropped off. Video showed officers struggling with her as they walked out the front door. Her attorneys said she was released Wednesday night from a detention center in Indiana and will pursue immigration claims to remain in the United States. The case occurred amid Operation Midway Blitz, which produced over 3,000 Chicago-area immigration arrests and used aggressive tactics such as rappelling from helicopters and deploying tear gas. DHS said she entered illegally in June 2023 but later obtained work authorization and denied the day care was targeted.
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