The woman told investigators she enrolled at the Louisiana high school to learn English.
"She wanted to learn English. She wanted to become proficient in the English language," Champagne said.
Champagne noted there were other avenues the women could have taken, including enrolling in ESL or GED programs. "Certainly that is a much better option than falsifying records," he said.
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