A Westchester County high school graduate was released from federal immigration detention late Monday, after her arrest was met with resistance from faith leaders and a bipartisan group of elected officials.

Yeonsoo Go, a 20-year-old South Korean college student who attended Scarsdale High School as a teen, was detained for five days. She was arrested by ICE agents as she left a routine immigration check-in at a lower Manhattan courthouse, despite having an open case with a pending return date.

The Trump administration had faced pressure to release Go, the daughter of an Episcopal priest, from religious groups and at least one lawmaker from within the president’s own party. She will continue to report to immigration court while her visa is updated.

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