Overview
- Bruna Ferreira remains held at a southern Louisiana ICE facility after a Nov. 12 arrest in Revere, Massachusetts, as she faces removal proceedings.
- DHS says she entered on a B‑2 visa with a required 1999 departure and cites a prior battery arrest, characterizing her as a criminal illegal alien.
- Her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, counters that she arrived as a child, held DACA protections, was pursuing permanent residency, and has no battery record he can find.
- Pomerleau says Ferreira saw Karoline Leavitt within the past year and attended a recent family event, while a White House source says they have not spoken in many years and the child has never lived with his mother.
- Michael Leavitt Sr. says their 11‑year‑old son lives with him in New Hampshire and has not spoken with his mother since her detention, and a GoFundMe for Ferreira has surpassed $36,000.