A woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been released on bond from immigration detention after being detained last month amid a nationwide crackdown on immigration.

Bruna Caroline Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew and the former fiancée of her brother Michael Leavitt, was taken into custody on Nov. 12 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Revere, Mass., her lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, said.

Pomerleau said Tuesday that Ferreira was released on a US$1,500 bond after a judge ordered her release. The government did not contest the bond and declined to appeal the decision.

“We argued forcefully that she was not a danger or flight risk, discussed the numerous forms of relief available to her to receive lawful permanent residency,

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