Federal agents released preschool teacher Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano on Wednesday night, freeing the beloved local educator whose arrest at a North Center day care made international news.

Santillana will return to Rayito De Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center on Friday morning, where members of the community have rallied to show her support

“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 a statement released by her lawyers. “I love our community and the children I teach, and I can’t wait to see them again.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released her after a federal judge ruled that her mandatory detentio

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