WH Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt
New Video Shows ICE Arresting Nephew’s Mother
Published
TMZ.com
Never-before-seen footage reveals the second ICE brokers arrested a girl with household ties to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
TMZ obtained video displaying Bruna Caroline Ferreira, the mom of Karoline’s nephew, being swarmed by federal immigration brokers final month in Massachusetts.
Surveillance footage reveals Ferreira, who’s from Brazil, in a sedan leaving her condominium in Revere, Mass round 12:30 PM on November 12 … when impulsively her path is blocked by 5 unmarked autos.
A bunch of brokers hop out of the automobiles and the subsequent factor you recognize, Ferreira has her arms behind her again and is being thrown in handcuffs.
Ferreira is positioned at the back of an SUV and the ICE brokers get again of their automobiles and drive off … with somebody taking her automobile too.
A DHS spokesperson beforehand instructed us Ferreira entered the U.S. on a B2 vacationer visa that required her to depart the U.S. by June 6, 1999.
The spokesperson described her as “a criminal illegal alien from Brazil” and claimed she had a previous arrest for battery.
Ferreira is presently being held on the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center and is in removing proceedings.
Karoline’s nephew reportedly lives full-time in New Hampshire together with her brother, Michael. Karoline has apparently not spoken to Ferreira in years.
Bruna’s lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, tells TMZ …  “I have just been shown a video of my client, Bruna Ferreira, documenting her unlawful arrest by officials who appear to be from ICE. But it is hard to tell because they have masks over their faces and are in unmarked vehicles. No warrant is shown. Common tactics these days.”
Pomerleau continues … “This is targeted, unconstitutional depravity. A single mother who owns two businesses and was merely awaiting her green card — like tens of thousands of others — now sits in a for-profit prison in Louisiana stripped from her child right before the holidays.”
Pomerleau writes … “Bruna had no problem whatsoever with the Leavitt family. Karoline is her son’s godmother, chosen over her own sister, and Michael Sr. is a very good father. Bruna was en route to pick up her son Michael Jr. after school like she did several days a week. He lived with her till kindergarten, but now awaits for his mother’s warm embrace.”
Pomerleau concludes … “This is appalling. We look forward to her day in court.”