{"id":50436,"date":"2025-11-26T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=50436"},"modified":"2025-11-27T01:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:36:49","slug":"ice-detains-mother-of-white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitts-nephew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=50436","title":{"rendered":"ICE detains mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt&#8217;s nephew"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Summary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Brazilian Bruna Caroline Ferreira overstayed tourist visa, DHS says<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ferreira is mother of Leavitt&#8217;s nephew, source confirms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ferreira&#8217;s attorney says she is seeking permanent residence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. immigration authorities are detaining the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt&#8217;s nephew, officials said on Wednesday, a sign of the wide reach of President Donald Trump&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/immigration\/\"><u>immigration<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement that immigration authorities had arrested the woman, Brazilian national Bruna Caroline Ferreira, but declined to provide the exact circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">News reports said Ferreira had been taken into custody in Revere, Massachusetts, near Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DHS said Ferreira had entered the U.S. on a tourist visa and failed to depart. But her attorney, Jeffrey Rubin, said she was pursuing permanent residence and had previously had protection from deportation under a program for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>MOST ARRESTED BY ICE HAD NO CONVICTIONS<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Trump, a Republican, has surged immigration officers to major cities across the U.S. in an effort to reach historic levels of deportations, sweeping in many long-term residents and non-criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">More than two-thirds of the roughly 53,000 people arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and detained as of November 15 had no criminal convictions, according to ICE statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DHS said Ferreira had a previous arrest for battery, but did not provide further details. Reuters could not independently confirm the alleged charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In response to a request for comment to the White House, a source familiar with the matter confirmed that Ferreira was the mother to Leavitt&#8217;s nephew. The source said the nephew had lived full-time with Leavitt&#8217;s brother, Michael Leavitt, in New Hampshire since birth and had never resided with Ferreira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DHS said Ferreira was being held in an ICE detention center in Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, all individuals unlawfully present in the United States are subject to deportation,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rubin, a Boston-based attorney representing Ferreira, said in a statement that his firm hoped to secure her quick release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She previously had been enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which offers deportation relief and work permits to immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Rubin said the same government that offered her a path to citizenship had now chosen to &#8220;abuse its entrusted powers&#8221; with &#8220;random mass deportation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A GoFundMe page organized by Ferreira&#8217;s sister, Graziela Dos Santos Rodrigues, aims to raise $30,000 for her legal expenses, describing her as a selfless and hardworking mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;She has done everything in her power to build a stable, honest life here,&#8221; the page said. &#8220;She has maintained her legal status through DACA, followed every requirement, and has always strived to do the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Her detention has been &#8220;especially painful&#8221; for her 11-year-old son, &#8220;who needs his mother and hopes every single day that she\u2019ll be home in time for the holidays,&#8221; the page said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/ice-detains-mother-white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitts-nephew-2025-11-26\/\">reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) &#8211; U.S. immigration authorities are detaining the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt&#8217;s nephew, officials said on Wednesday, a sign of the wide reach of President Donald Trump&#8217;s&nbsp;immigration&nbsp;crackdown. 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