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Daycare Arrest in Chicago Draws Condemnation as DHS Names Detained Teacher

Parents and city officials dispute DHS claims that the operation stayed outside classrooms.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a child care worker outside Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Learning Center in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood on Nov. 5, 2025. The arrest reportedly took place in front of children at the center.
Two parents embrace each other outside of the Rayito De Sol Spanish Immersion Daycare and Pre-School, where federal agents conducted an immigration raid that ended in a teacher being detained, in Chicago, Ill. on Nov. 5, 2025.
Law enforcement officers line up as protesters gather outside an ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Overview

  • Video from Rayito de Sol in Chicago shows federal agents dragging a screaming childcare worker outside around 7 a.m., and the center closed for the day as parents described panic and distress.
  • DHS identified the woman as Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano of Colombia and said agents attempted a targeted traffic stop before arresting her in a vestibule, alleging she lied about her identity.
  • Local leaders, including Mayor Brandon Johnson and U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley and Delia Ramirez, say agents entered without a warrant and searched rooms with children present, calling for accountability.
  • Homeland Security says the action was not a raid on a school and contends the driver refused to pull over before both occupants ran into the facility, with details on the male driver still pending.
  • The incident intensifies scrutiny of Operation Midway Blitz, which DHS says has led to more than 3,000 arrests since September, as a federal judge extended limits on agents’ use of force and DHS vowed to appeal.