Overview
- Ferreira recounted on-air that unmarked vehicles surrounded her near Revere, Massachusetts, and she says agents did not show a warrant during the initial stop.
- She spent 26 days in custody and was moved through multiple facilities before reaching the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, describing freezing conditions, brief outdoor access and inadequate medical care.
- DHS says she overstayed a 1999 tourist visa and labels her a “criminal illegal alien,” while her attorney says she previously held DACA status, is pursuing a green card and notes the cited battery claim traces to a dismissed juvenile matter.
- An immigration judge set bond at $1,500; she is subject to periodic ICE check-ins and a GPS monitor as her case proceeds in Boston immigration court.
- Ferreira says she still has not seen her 11-year-old son and issued a public appeal to Karoline Leavitt; the White House has said the child lives with his father and that Ferreira and Leavitt have not spoken in years.