Overview
- Diana Santillana Galeano was released from ICE custody in Clay County, Indiana on Wednesday night and returned home to Chicago, her attorneys said.
- Her attorneys say they will continue pursuing her immigration claims, and supporters plan a community reunion Friday tied to her return to the Rayito de Sol center.
- She was detained Nov. 5 at the North Center daycare in an arrest captured on video, as local officials alleged agents entered without a warrant and DHS maintained the arrest occurred in a vestibule.
- DHS and ICE said she entered the U.S. illegally in 2023 and paid to smuggle her teenage children, and the agencies described the arrest as following a failed traffic stop; those details have been contested by witnesses.
- A federal judge ruled her mandatory detention without bond unlawful and ordered a bond hearing, and she was initially held at Broadview before being transferred to Indiana.