A woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was released from federal immigration custody after an immigration judge in Louisiana set her bond at $1,500.

Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was freed late Monday, her attorney told Scripps News.

Ferreira, who came to the United States from Brazil at age 6, had been pursuing a green card when she was arrested last month while taking her son, whom she shares with Leavitt’s brother, to school.

The federal government had described Ferreira as a “criminal illegal alien,” alleging she had been arrested on an assault and battery charge. But in court on Monday, her attorney told the judge no such charge exists on her record. He said Ferreira was involved in an altercation as a 16-year-old in a Dunkin’ Don

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