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An immigration judge has ordered the release Mother of White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt’s nephew Last month he was arrested by immigration agents and threatened with deportation.
Bruna Ferreira, originally from Brazil, was driving to pick up her 11-year-old son from school when she suddenly surrounded by federal officersSince then, the 33-year-old Brazilian mother has Detained inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana,
An immigration judge on Monday ordered him released on $1,500 bond while he continues a legal battle against President Donald Trump’s administration, which has labeled him a “criminal illegal alien.”
According to Ferreira’s legal team, Immigration Judge Cynthia Goodman ordered him released on the lowest possible dollar bond. One of those lawyers, Jason Thomas, told the judge that Ferreira’s characterization of the Trump administration is “unfair and untrue.” Washington PostWho first reported the bond order.
The story of Ferreira’s November 12 arrest and detention He is deeply familiar with hundreds of immigrant families embroiled in similar legal battles and threats of deportation. The revelations of her relationship with Levitt, whose brother is the father of Ferreira’s child, have complicated The Trump administration’s radical anti-immigration agenda.
“She is a woman who has garnered publicity because of her relationship with someone who is part of the White House inner circle, but at the end of the day, she is one of thousands of people who are getting this treatment on a daily basis in this administration,” Jeffrey Rubin, whose firm is representing Ferreira, told CNN. Independent Last month.
Ferreira’s parents immigrated from Brazil and brought their younger daughter with them in 1998, when she was about 6 years old. His two younger siblings were born in the United States.
She received temporary legal protection under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, an Obama-era program that has rescued thousands of people who came to the country as children without legal status, and she was in the process of getting a green card, according to her legal team.
According to lawyers for Ferreira, who lives in Massachusetts, she appears to have no criminal convictions and shares custody of her son.
one in recent interview with Washington PostFerreira said that she wanted Levitt to be her son’s godmother.
“I made a mistake in trusting there,” he said. “Why they are creating this story is beyond my imagination.”
According to her lawyers, she was arrested for remaining in the United States without legal permission after overstaying her visa, which had expired during her childhood.
After his arrest, the White House claimed that Ferreira had not spoken to Leavitt in years and that Ferreira had never lived with his son. Homeland Security also accused him of being arrested for “battery”, but his legal team could not confirm the administration’s allegations.
Ferreira was previously engaged to Caroline’s brother Michael Levitt, but they broke up more than 10 years ago, according to family.
Independent has requested comment from Ferreira’s legal team as well as the White House and Homeland Security.
talking to Washington Post While in ICE custody, Ferreira said the administration’s claims were “disgusting” and false.
Before her arrest, she was managing a cleaning business, going to yoga class and spending time with her son, who “has everything a young boy needs,” she said.
According to Rubin, his arrest is one of many in a “random and brutal mass deportation campaign” under an administration that has conducted warrantless searches, arrested and deported immigrants without due process, and stripped legal protections for thousands who previously were allowed to live and work in the country.
“It’s outrageous and disgusting, and the rhetoric alone is disgusting,” he said. Independent Last month.