Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

CONCORD N H AP A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be issued from ICE custody while she fights anticipated deportation an immigration judge ruled Monday Bruna Ferreira a longtime Massachusetts resident was previously engaged to Leavitt s brother Michael She was driving to pick up their -year-old son in New Hampshire when she was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere Massachusetts on Nov Ferreira later was moved to a detention facility in Louisiana where an immigration judge ordered that she be disclosed on bond her attorney Todd Pomerleau stated We argued that she wasn t a danger or a flight menace he explained in a text message The ruling body stipulated to our argument and never once argued that she was criminal illegal alien and waived appeal The Department of Homeland Safety previously called Ferreira a criminal illegal alien and noted she had been arrested for battery an allegation her attorney denied Neither the department nor the White House press secretary responded to requests for comment Monday Pomerleau disclosed his client came to the U S as a toddler and later enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals campaign the Obama-era program that shields immigrants who were brought to the U S as children He revealed she was in the process of applying for a green card Karoline Leavitt grew up in New Hampshire and made an unsuccessful run for Congress from the state in before becoming Trump s spokesperson for his campaign and later joining him at the White House