united state migration authorities have actually restrained a female that is the mommy of White Residence press assistant Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, according to a resource acquainted with the apprehension.
A DHS agent determined the female as Bruna Caroline Ferreira.
A press reporter with ABC New Hampshire terminal WMUR talked with Leavitt’s sibling, Michael Leavitt, that additionally verified the apprehension and claimed she was restrained a couple of weeks earlier.
White Residence Press Assistant Karoline Leavitt holds a press instruction at the White Residence in Washington, November 20, 2025.
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According to Michael Leavitt, his 11-year-old child has actually coped with him considering that he was birthed however states the kid preserves a connection with his mommy, WMUR reported.
A DHS agent explained Ferreira, a Brazilian nationwide, as a “criminal unlawful alien” that has a previous apprehension for battery and overstayed a visa that ran out in 1999.
” ICE jailed Bruna Caroline Ferreria, a criminal unlawful alien from Brazil. She has a previous apprehension for battery. She went into the united state on a B2 vacationer visa that needed her to leave the united state by June 6, 1999. She is presently at the South Louisiana ICE Handling Facility and remains in elimination procedures. Under Head Of State Trump and Assistant Noem, all people illegally existing in the USA undergo expulsion,” the agent claimed.
Todd Pomerleau, a lawyer for Ferreira talked with Boston ABC terminal WCVB, and pressed back on insurance claims that Ferreira has a criminal background.
” Bruna has no rap sheet whatsoever, I do not understand where that is originating from. Program us the evidence,” Pomerleau informed.
Pomerleau additionally claimed Ferreira went into the nation legally, formerly held DACA standing and is presently in the procedure of acquiring a permit. He claimed his customer was jailed in her vehicle in Massachusetts after being quit without any warrant, including that he currently needs to prosecute her instance in Louisiana hundreds of miles far from her home. Pomerleau claimed he did not think that his customer’s link to Karoline Leavitt might impact the instance, including that he thinks it’s simply “incident.”
The White Residence decreased to comment.
An on the internet fundraising project established by an individual declaring to be Ferreira’s sibling states she was offered the nation when she was a youngster in 1998.
” Any individual that understands Bruna understands the type of individual she is. She is hardworking, kind, and constantly the very first to supply assistance when a person requires it. Whether it’s sustaining family members, buddies, or perhaps complete strangers, Bruna has a heart that places others prior to herself,” claimed Graziela Dos Santos Rodrigues.
