A family member of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Bruna Caroline Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, has been described as “a criminal illegal alien from Brazil.”

She was taken into custody in Revere, Mass., after allegedly overstaying her tourist visa — which expired in June 1999, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told NBC News .

Ferreira was previously arrested on suspicion of battery, the spokesperson added, though they did not specify how the case was resolved.

They noted that under President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, “all individuals unlawfully present in the United States are subject to deportation.”

Ferreira is currently being held at the South Louisia

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