Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) tried to stir up outrage after claiming ICE took a preschool teacher into custody in front of children in his district.
Quigley wrote on X, “ICE isn’t going after the worst of the worst. This morning, they took a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.”
ICE isn’t going after the worst of the worst. This morning, they took a preschool teacher without a warrant IN FRONT OF CHILDREN in my district.#ice #chicago pic.twitter.com/1fhz7mYWWt
— Mike Quigley (@RepMikeQuigley) November 5, 2025
The truth, however, which Quigley failed to share, does not align with his agenda.
The female, an illegal alien from Colombia, was not a teacher at the school. The suspect fled into a daycare, putting other people’s children in danger, to avoid arrest.
DHS shared the facts with Quigley on X noting”Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts.”
“ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside.”
“Here is the real story:”
“Officers attempted to conduct a targeted traffic stop of this female illegal alien from Colombia.”
“Officers attempted to pull over this vehicle, which was registered to a female illegal alien, with sirens and emergency lights, but the male driver refused to pull the vehicle over.”
“Law enforcement pursued the vehicle before the assailant sped into a shopping plaza where he and the female passenger fled the vehicle. They ran into a daycare and attempted to barricade themselves inside the daycare—recklessly endangering the children inside.”
“The illegal alien female was arrested inside a vestibule, not in the school.”
“Upon arrest, she lied about her identity.”
“The vehicle is registered to in her name, though she claims that she didn’t know the man who was driving her car and just picked him up from a bus stop.”
“Facts including criminality and information on the male assailant are forthcoming and we will update the public with more information as soon as it becomes available.”
Congressman, you are deliberately misrepresenting the facts.
ICE law enforcement did NOT target a daycare and were only at this location because the female illegal alien fled inside.
Here is the real story:
Officers attempted to conduct a targeted traffic stop of this female… https://t.co/a5BdcbhnwC
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 5, 2025
DHS followed up with additional details, “This illegal alien from Colombia, Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, was encountered by Border Patrol on June 26, 2023 after she illegally crossed the southern border. The Biden administration released her into the U.S.”
“Just last month, Galeano reportedly paid for smugglers to illegally bring her 17-year-old and 16-year-old children into U.S. via the southern border. Facilitating human smuggling is a crime.”
“On October 19, 2025, the two children, a 16-year-old and 17-year-old, entered the U.S. illegally near El Paso, Texas. Customs and Border Protection apprehended the children, and they were processed as Unaccompanied Children and brought to a shelter in the Chicago area.”
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