Woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says she hasn’t seen her son since ICE detainment

CNN Bruna Ferreira had rushed out of her Massachusetts home shoelaces untied and was driving to pick up her -year-old son from school when she was approached by unmarked vehicles and a swarm of people The -year-old woman the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt s nephew was being surrounded by federal immigration agents asking her to confirm her name she stated CNN s Erin Burnett Friday in an interview The November arrest near Boston at first felt like a traffic stop but seemed bizarre as agents already seemed to know her name the Brazilian native disclosed How could you possibly know who I am and where I live Ferreira urged While agents took her to the nearby Revere Police Department to verify her identity Ferreira started calling her exigency contacts to make sure her son was picked up from school I just started panicking trying to see if I could get somebody an exigency contact anybody to answer me to pick up Michael from school she announced Ferreira was previously engaged to her son s father Michael Leavitt her attorney Todd Pomerleau previously advised CNN Michael Leavitt is the brother of Karoline Leavitt An immigration judge ordered for her to be circulated from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile earlier this week During the days in immigration custody Ferreira was taken from Massachusetts to facilities in four other states before she was taken to Louisiana more than miles from where she was arrested she revealed Once she arrived at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center Ferreira was by the grace of God able to use another woman s phone minutes to make a call and let her family and attorney know where she was she reported She wasn t able to speak to her son during her detainment where she met several other mothers in her same situation and they all prayed for one another which helped her get through the horrible situation Ferreira commented CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Protection for comment Earlier this week Ferreira s bond was set at during a hearing the lowest amount allowed under the law Pomerleau revealed Her affair will continue in Boston immigration court Ferreira will still be required to have periodic mandatory check-ins with ICE law enforcement to ensure she is abiding by the terms of her release DHS reported in a message after she was given bond Ferreira to Leavitt How would you feel if somebody did this to you Ferreira has been in the United States since she was years old and has been trying to get her green card ever since she and Pomerleau commented Even though DHS has repeatedly claimed Ferreira has a criminal history she disputes that saying I don t even have a parking ticket and I m so proud of it I m proud of my name and I carry it like a badge of honor the mother declared And now my child is sitting somewhere watching them broadcast this hours a day seven days a week As a child he must be terrified She hasn t been able to see her son since her return to Massachusetts as she is required to wear a GPS monitor and the boy s father hasn t brought him to see her Ferreira reported The entire situation doesn t make sense Ferreira revealed I m trying to understand and have faith that there s particular logical explanation behind any of this but there isn t I m not the first I m surely not going to be the last There s thousands of women and families and children being separated daily Where does it end When does it stop Ferreira hasn t spoken to Karoline Leavitt who is her son s godmother since she s returned to Massachusetts she noted She addressed the White House press secretary during the interview with CNN You re a mother Ferreira stated You are a mother now And you should know How would you feel if you were in my shoes How would you feel if somebody did this to you A DHS spokesperson previously advised CNN that Ferreira was in the US illegally after overstaying a tourist visa that required her to leave the country in June Ferreira is a criminal illegal alien from Brazil DHS stated Ferreira s attorney has revealed the DHS report is inaccurate Pomerleau disclosed she was a former recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA which grants temporary protection from deportation for those brought to the US as children but was unable to renew her status a inadequate years ago and has been trying to obtain legal permanent resident status Pomerleau noted his client is the victim of false character assassination with the administration labeling her a criminal illegal alien It s a woman who has two businesses It s a single mother paying her taxes and winds up in a for-profit prison in Louisiana It s just unconscionable what they re doing on a daily basis the attorney declared The-CNN-Wire Cable News Grid Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved