The mother of White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has been detained by ICE for allegedly overstaying her visa by 26 years.

Bruna Ferreira, 33, who has a child with Leavitt’s brother, Michael Leavitt, was detained during a traffic stop earlier this month while on her way to pick up her son from school in New Hampshire, the Boston Globe reported.

According to Ferreira’s sister, Graziela Dos Santos Rodrigues, Ferreira kept telling immigration authorities the name of her son’s aunt: Karoline Leavitt.

As White House spokeswoman, Leavitt has defended President Donald Trump’s immigration policies from the podium when she briefs reporters.

Dos Santos Rodrigues said her sister was unable to get in touch with Karoline Leavitt, but her son’s father and grandfather told her to leave

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