"A Brazilian-born woman with familial ties to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is being released from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody as she has contested possible deportation, her lawyer has said. Bruna Ferreira, a longtime resident of Massachusetts, received a $1,500 bond on Monday from an immigration judge at a Louisiana detention centre. Ferreira was arrested by ICE agents last month while driving to pick up her 11-year-old son in New Hampshire."
"Her lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, said in a text message that we argued that she wasn't a danger or a flight risk, and added: The government stipulated to our argument and never once argued that she was a criminal illegal alien and waived appeal. The White House has sought to distance Leavitt from the case, saying in a statement that Ferreira had not spoken to the press secretary in years. Trump administration officials have not provided evidence for their claims about Ferreira's history."
"However, court filings, family photographs, and previous reporting indicate Ferreira lived with her son and shared custody with Michael Leavitt. In an interview with The Washington Post, Ferreira said she had chosen Karoline Leavitt to be her son's godmother. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said in an email that Ferreira is a criminal illegal alien who had been detained for battery, an allegation Pomerleau denies."
Bruna Ferreira, a Brazilian-born longtime Massachusetts resident and former fiancée of Michael Leavitt, received a $1,500 bond from an immigration judge at a Louisiana detention center after contesting possible deportation. ICE arrested Ferreira last month while she was driving to pick up her 11-year-old son in New Hampshire. Her lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, said the government agreed she was neither a danger nor a flight risk and waived appeal. Court filings, family photographs, and previous reporting indicate Ferreira lived with her son and shared custody with Michael Leavitt, and she said Karoline Leavitt was chosen as the child's godmother. DHS said she had been detained for battery and entered on a B2 visa that required her to leave in 1999; Pomerleau denies the battery allegation.
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