"A woman with family ties to the brother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Massachusetts, a Trump administration official confirmed. Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who shares an 11-year-old child with Michael Leavitt, is currently being held at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana, online records show. She was arrested earlier this month in Revere, just northeast of downtown Boston, after overstaying her visa by 26 years, a source familiar with the case told New Hampshire ABC affiliate WMUR."
"Michael Leavitt, a New Hampshire resident, was once in a relationship with Ferreria, but the couple separated about 10 years ago, a family member told New Hampshire Public Radio. The boy lives with his father and stepmother, Michael Leavitt said, adding that Ferreria has maintained a relationship with the child. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that Ferreira had previously been arrested for battery and is currently in removal proceedings. Ferreira, originally from Brazil, reportedly entered the U.S. with her family as a child on a tourist visa and was required to depart by June 6, 1999. But according to her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, Ferreira arrived in the country under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, an Obama-era policy that allows certain undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to avoid deportation and obtain work authorization. He also insisted she has no criminal record whatsoever."
Bruna Caroline Ferreira was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Revere, Massachusetts after overstaying her visa by 26 years and is being held at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. She shares an 11-year-old child with Michael Leavitt; the child lives with his father and stepmother, and Ferreira has maintained contact. Department of Homeland Security records indicate a prior battery arrest and ongoing removal proceedings. Her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, asserts she entered the U.S. under DACA, insists she has no criminal record, and denies the allegations. A GoFundMe page says she was brought to the U.S. as a child in December 1988.
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