A relative of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described as "a criminal illegal alien" was taken into custody by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in Massachusetts, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to NBC News Wednesday (November 26) morning.

Bruna Caroline Ferreira , who shares an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt , the press secretary's older brother, was detained in Revere after allegedly overstaying a tourist visa that expired in June 1999, the spokesperson said.

“She entered the US on a B2 tourist visa that required her to depart the US by June 6, 1999,” the source told NBC News . “She is currently at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center and is in removal proceedings. Under President Trump and [DHS]

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