Overview
- Newly released footage shows five unmarked vehicles blocking Bruna Ferreira’s car in Revere, Massachusetts, on Nov. 12 before agents handcuff her and leave with her and her vehicle.
- DHS says Ferreira entered on a B2 tourist visa requiring departure by June 6, 1999, had a prior battery arrest, is held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, and is in removal proceedings.
- Ferreira’s attorney disputes DHS’s account, says she came to the U.S. as a child under DACA, has no criminal record, was pursuing a green card, and was arrested without a warrant being shown.
- Homeland Security officials note DACA does not confer legal status and does not automatically shield recipients from deportation.
- Ferreira is the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew; relatives say the child lives full-time with his father in New Hampshire and contact with Ferreira has been limited in recent years.