Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

[berniesandersmittens]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from ICE custody while she fights potential deportation, an immigration judge ruled Monday.

Bruna Ferreira, 33, a longtime Massachusetts resident, was previously engaged to Leavitt’s brother, Michael. She was driving to pick up their 11-year-old son in New Hampshire when she was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts, on Nov. 12.

Ferreira later was moved to a detention facility in Louisiana, where an immigration judge ordered that she be released on $1,500 bond, her attorney Todd Pomerleau said.

“We argued that she wasn’t a danger or a flight risk,” he said in a text message. “The government stipulated to our argument and never once argued that she was criminal illegal alien and waived appeal.”

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https://apnews.com/article/karoline-leavitt-ice-immigrant-detained-50575c83c36dac62f629f396593c0bc8

[dickthegrouch]

1. VERY few undocumented aliens are flight risks

The majority are living paycheck to paycheck (if they're even allowed to earn one) and can't afford to flee anywhere.

Several I know are yet to be afforded work permits and are struggling to survive at all on no wages, no public assistance, and even afraid of doing odd jobs around the house after the stupidity with the British woman who was arrested for doing just that.

There is no obvious path for these people.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/03/20/tourist-visa-violations-us-british-traveler/82565875007/