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A Thibodaux teacher arrested by federal immigration agents last month has been released from custody, his attorney said.
Djibril Coulibaly, 50, who teaches French at W.S. Lafargue Elementary School in Thibodaux, was taken into custody Dec. 15 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and was transported to a detention center in Evangeline Parish to await deportation.
Following an outcry by supporters and a flurry of letters, emails to lawmakers, online petitions and media coverage, ICE released Coulibaly from the Pine Prairie Processing Center Thursday morning, his attorney Hiroko Kusuda said.
Though Coulibaly is elated to have been released, he also contracted the coronavirus while he was incarcerated, Kusuda said.
Louisiana French teacher released from jail
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PINE PRAIRIE, La. â UPDATE: KATC has learned that Djibril Coulibaly has been released from jail Thursday after being arrested by ICE on Dec. 15.
According to his attorney, ICE never gives out a reason for any detainee s release and he is still subject to removal at any time.
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ORIGINAL: Djibril Coulibaly who was arrested by ICE on December 15th is set to be released from jail tomorrow, according to his attorney Hiroko Kusuda.
People in several parishes worked to stop the deportation of a Coulibaly who arrived in the state 19 years ago. He s from Mali, an African country situated southwest of Algeria.