(CHICAGO) — Diana Santillana Galeano, the day care teacher detained by ICE officers last week, has been released from immigration detention, her lawyers said.

“We are thrilled that Ms. Santillana was released, and has been able to return home to Chicago where she belongs,” said attorneys Charlie Wysong and Naiara Testai in a 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 attorneys say she will be reunited with parents of the Rayito de Sol community on Friday.

“I am so grateful to everyone who has advocated on my behalf, and on behalf of the countless others who have

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