The mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew has been detained by officials amid the Trump administration's ramped-up immigration enforcement efforts, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News.

The woman was taken into custody in Revere, Massachusetts, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier this month, the source said.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that Bruna Caroline Ferreira is a "criminal illegal alien from Brazil " who overstayed her tourist visa, which expired in June 1999.

The woman has an arrest for alleged battery, the spokesperson said. It’s not clear how the case was resolved.

Ferreira, who the source familiar with the situation said has never lived with Leavitt's nephew, is at the South L

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