US EditionWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's relative detained by ICE
Bruna Caroline Ferreira was detained after overstaying a tourist visa and faces removal proceedings amid intensified immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
- On November 12, Bruna Caroline Ferreira was arrested near Boston by ICE and is now held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center; she is the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew.
- DHS and ICE officials cited a prior arrest and visa overstay as reasons for detention, noting Ferreira overstayed a B2 tourist visa requiring departure June 6, 1999.
- Her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, says Ferreira has no criminal history and challenges the detention, while her family launched a GoFundMe that raised over $15,000 as Michael Leavitt Junior faces emotional hardship.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to comment to WBUR, and an administration official told reporters `Karoline had no involvement whatsoever in this matter.` Ferreira awaits a court date for a bond hearing.
- About 20 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients have been detained since the administration began, while Homeland Security officials emphasize that DACA does not confer any form of legal status.
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Brazilian woman, mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew, was arrested by ICE when she went to pick up her son.
A relative of Trump's press secretary has been arrested by ICE agents. The mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew risks being deported from the United States, writes the Daily Beast.
Trump’s ICE Nabs Bruna Ferreira
The Biden-era laxness on immigration appears to be over as the Trump administration steps up enforcement — and the sweep has unexpectedly caught Karoline Leavitt’s estranged relative in its path. Federal officials confirmed this week that Bruna Ferreira, the Brazilian mother of a boy whose aunt is White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, has been detained by immigration authorities. Ferreira was arrested in Boston after irregularities reportedl…
ICE detains Revere woman with family ties to White House press secretary
A Brazilian woman who had been living in the United States for most of her life is being held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana as she fights deportation. The woman, identified as 33-year-old Bruna Ferreira of Revere, Massachusetts, is the mother of the nephew of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, according to official sources familiar with the case. Ferreira’s lawyer Todd Pomerleau said she was d…
The Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) arrested a woman who has a family connection with the White House spokesman, Karoline Leavitt, reports the local press this Wednesday. She is Bruna Caroline Ferreira, mother of Leavitt's nephew and native of Brazil, who resided in the country despite her tourist visa expired in June 1999, according to NBC News, which cites a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Since her birth,…
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