Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
Bruna Ferreira, applying for a green card and previously under DACA, was released on a $1,500 bond by a Louisiana judge after weeks in ICE detention.
- A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was ordered released on $1,500 bond by an immigration judge while she fights potential deportation.
- Bruna Ferreira, a longtime Massachusetts resident, was previously engaged to Leavitt's brother and was arrested by ICE while driving to pick up their son.
- Ferreira came to the U.S. as a toddler and was enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and was in the process of applying for a green card.
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Mother of White House press secretary’s nephew released from ICE custody
A woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was released from federal immigration custody after an immigration judge in Louisiana set her bond at $1,500.Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Leavitts nephew, was freed late Monday, her attorney told Scripps News.Ferreira, who came to the United States from Brazil at age 6, had been pursuing a green card when she was arrested last month while taking her son, whom she shares wi…
In the US, not only illegal and criminal migrants must be afraid of deportation. Bruna Ferreira is currently the most prominent case: she came from Brazil as a child and has a son with Michael Leavitt – the brother of the government spokesperson.
Mother of Leavitt's nephew granted bond after overstaying visa
Bruna Ferreira, the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, is expected to be released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in the coming days after a federal immigration judge granted her bond. Judge Cynthia Goodman ordered her release on a $1,500 bond after Ferreira, a Brazilian native, was arrested by ICE officers for overstaying her visa. Ferreira, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient, had b…
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