Judge Orders Release Of Mother Of Karoline Leavitt's Nephew: Reports

An immigration judge ordered the release of the mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew, according to reports.

"Bruna Ferreira, 33, a longtime Massachusetts resident, was previously engaged to Leavitt’s brother, Michael," per Boston 25 News. "She was driving to pick up their 11-year-old son in New Hampshire when she was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts, on Nov. 12."

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Ferreira is now fighting deportation, the Washington Post reported.

"Immigration Judge Cynthia Goodman ordered Ferreira, 33, to be set free on $1,500 bond, the lowest dollar amount possible, Ferreira’s lawyers said," according to the Post. "One of those lawyers, Jason Thomas, told Goodman that the U.S. government’s characterization of Ferreira — whom the Trump administration described last month as a “criminal illegal alien” with a previous arrest for battery — is unfair."

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CNN said it was told by an unnamed Department of Homeland Security Official "that Ferreira was in the US illegally after overstaying a tourist visa that required her to leave the country in June 1999. Ferreira is 'a criminal illegal alien from Brazil,' DHS said."

CNN also cited another of Ferreira's attorneys, Todd Pomerleau, saying "he didn’t know exactly when Ferreira would be released, as it depended on ICE receiving the judge’s order and her family paying the bond."

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"Then she will return to Massachusetts and her case will be transferred back to Boston immigration court," CNN reported.

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