Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazilian immigrant who arrived in the
USA as a child, was detained by
ICE near
Boston for twenty six days before release on a $1,500 bond, after agents in unmarked cars arrested her while she was picking up her son from school. She disputes
DHS claims that she overstayed a B2 visa and had a prior battery arrest, insisting through her attorney
Todd Pomerleau that she is a law-abiding resident and has no conflict with the family of
White House Press Secretary
Karoline Leavitt, who is her son’s godmother. In an emotional interview on
CNN’s "
Erin Burnett OutFront", Ferreira accused Leavitt and the
White House of misrepresenting her as an absentee mother, rejected assertions that she never lived with her son, and said her case highlights the broader pain of thousands of families separated by immigration enforcement.