Immigration Judge Orders Release of Bruna Caroline Ferreira Amid Controversy
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, has been ordered released from an immigration detention facility in Louisiana. Ferreira was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Massachusetts on November 26 while on her way to pick up her son from school. Despite being labeled a 'criminal illegal alien' by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an immigration judge granted her release on a $1,500 bond. Ferreira, originally from Brazil, was previously allowed to stay in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, stated that she is working towards obtaining a green card and disputed claims of her having a criminal record. Pomerleau argued that any reference to a criminal past might be related to a decades-old juvenile court summons, which was dismissed. 
