Overview
- Immigration Judge Cynthia Goodman set bond at $1,500 for Bruna Ferreira, ordering her release from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
- Government counsel agreed Ferreira was not a danger or flight risk, did not contest bond, and waived appeal, according to filings reported by AP.
- Public records show no criminal convictions, though DHS and the White House labeled her a “criminal illegal alien” and cited a prior battery arrest that her lawyers dispute.
- Ferreira, brought to the U.S. as a child and granted DACA protections, remains in removal proceedings while pursuing adjustment of status.
- Video of the Nov. 12 arrest in Revere, Massachusetts, shows unmarked SUVs surrounding her car, as Ferreira and her attorneys contest official claims about her family ties and history, with Michael Leavitt denying any role in her detention.