ICE Detainee Bruna Ferreira, Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew, Says She ‘Made a Mistake’ in ‘Trusting’ Trump’s White House Secretary

David Gilmour Dec 8th, 2025, 9:00 am

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Bruna Ferreira , the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, said she “made a mistake” by “trusting” her in-laws after she was arrested by ICE and cast by the administration as a “criminal” and absent parent.

Ferreira was arrested on November 12 by ICE and faces deportation to Brazil, after overstaying a visa from when she was a child in 1998. Her arrest was captured on video as multiple unmarked SUVs surrounded her car.

She shares an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt , the press secretary’s brother, and claimed in an exclusive video interview with the

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