Bruna Caroline Ferreira , the mother of a nephew of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt , will be released from a detention facility for illegal immigrants in Louisiana after being nabbed a couple of weeks ago in Massachusetts.

An immigration judge has ordered for her release on a $1,500 bond. Also Read | Who is Bruna Ferreira? ICE detains Karoline Leavitt's relative

The Department of Homeland Security has called her a "criminal illegal alien."

Ferreira's attorney. Todd Pomerleau, said that she was working on getting her green card. as per a NY Post report. Ferreira, who was born in Brazil, was living in the USA under provisions of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) law introduced during the Obama administration, the lawyer said, as per the publication.

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