US EditionTrump Ally Asked ICE to Detain Ex-Girlfriend During Custody Dispute: NYT
Paolo Zampolli contacted a senior ICE official to highlight his ex-partner's immigration status during a custody dispute, leading to her detention and deportation, authorities said.
- On Friday, The New York Times reported Paolo Zampolli asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain and deport Amanda Ungaro amid a custody dispute, with ICE removing her from a Miami jail last year.
- Their custody fight began in 2023 when Ungaro left Zampolli, who sought to leverage her immigration status by contacting ICE to gain custody of their son amid ongoing litigation.
- Zampolli phoned ICE official David Venturella, who then called ICE’s Miami office to seize Ungaro before she posted bail; reporting shows Zampolli also contacted Corey Lewandowski for help.
- The case has disrupted the family’s living arrangements as their teenage son now splits time between parents amid ongoing custody proceedings, while the Department of Homeland Security said Amanda Ungaro’s removal was for an expired visa and called political favor claims FALSE.
- Zampolli’s long ties to Trump amplify scrutiny, as The New York Times reported, 'In the city’s modeling scene, Mr. Zampolli also intersected with Jeffrey Epstein, the financier who would later be accused of sexually abusing hundreds of girls and young women'.
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How Trump Friend Paolo Zampolli Weaponised ICE Against His Ex-Partner, Report Claims
Paolo Zampolli, a former modelling agent serving as a special envoy to the president, reportedly contacted a senior official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement to flag his ex-partner's immigration status during an ongoing custody dispute, according to a report published on Thursday. The move, the report alleges, led directly to the deportation of his former partner to Brazil. Amanda Ungaro, a Brazilian national and the mother of Zampolli's t…
Trump ally asked ICE to detain mother of his child amid custody dispute
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and special envoy to President Donald Trump, contacted a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in June 2025 requesting that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend, Amanda Ungaro, be placed in immigration custody while she was being held in a Miami jail on fraud charges. Zampolli and Ungaro were locked in a custody battle over their teenage son.
Trump associate allegedly tapped ICE to settle a personal score
A longtime Trump associate reportedly reached out to immigration officials to help detain and deport his ex-girlfriend; not as part of some sweeping policy goal, but because they were locked in a custody battle over their child. According to reporting, a senior ICE official quickly moved to ensure she was picked up and held, noting the case mattered to someone close to the White House. — Read the rest The post Trump associate allegedly tapped IC…
A friend of Donald Trump engaged in a legal battle with his ex-wife asked the immigration police, which for a year has been engaged in a hunt for foreigners in the U.S., to detain his son’s mother, with whom he disagreed on the custody of the minor. The worst thing in history is not cronyism—Trump has appointed several close men in important positions of the Administration, also two of his consuaders—but rather that an ICE officer was willing to…
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