Earlier this month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Bruna Caroline Ferreira — a Brazilian national with a family connection to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt — putting a personal story at the center of the United States Department of Homeland Security’s aggressive immigration-enforcement campaign.
According to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson, Ferreira entered the U.S. on a B-2 tourist visa, which required departure by June 1999 and later overstayed that visa for decades. According to WBAL, the agency also noted she had a prior arrest for battery. It’s unclear if prosecutors filed criminal charges. According to WBUR, her attorney said she has no criminal record.
