Family of Karoline Leavitt Speak Out After Relative Is Detained by ICE

The family of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew’s mother has spoken out after Bruna Ferreira was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and placed at risk of deportation to Brazil. Ferreira shares an 11-year-old son, Michael Jr., with Leavitt’s brother, Michael. The pair were once engaged but separated more than a decade ago. ICE detained Ferreira in late November, and she has since been held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told The Daily Beast that Ferreira entered the U.S. on a tourist visa and overstayed, adding that she previously had an arrest for battery. DHS said that under current enforcement policies, individuals unlawfully present in the U.S. are subject to deportation.