Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt

The mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew is set to be released after a federal immigration judge granted bond Monday to the longtime Massachusetts resident.

Bruna Ferreira, 33, who emigrated from Brazil as a child, has been held since Nov. 12, when she was swarmed by immigration agents while leaving her Revere home to pick up the 11-year-old son she shares with her former fiancé, Leavitt’s brother Michael. She was eventually transferred to the South Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center, where she has been held since.

During the approximately 15-minute hearing, Jason Thomas, an attorney for Ferreira, argued for granting bond, saying that she is not a danger to society nor a flight risk, and he criticized the government for labeling her a “criminal illegal alien,” according to Todd Pomerleau, who is also representing Ferreira as she continues to fight her possible deportation.

Lawyers for the Department of Homeland Security made no objection, and the government waived its right to appeal the decision, Ferreira’s lawyers said. Judge Cynthia Goodman set a $1,500 bond, the lowest amount possible, Pomerleau said.

“Which means [the government] agreed to everything we said today in court,” said Pomerleau, who slammed the Trump administration’s “character assassination campaign” against Ferreira.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday afternoon. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin issued a statement reiterating the department’s claims that Ferreira has a previous arrest and that she does not have a legal right to remain in the country.

“If she pays the bond, she will be released while she continues in removal proceedings,” the statement said. “She will have periodic mandatory check-ins with ICE law enforcement to ensure she is abiding by the terms of her release.”

As soon as the hearing was over, her mother, Selma Valeriano, 52, rushed to pay her bond. She arrived at the ICE facility in Burlington around 12:40 p.m., cash in hand after trip to the bank. As of Monday evening, the family was still awaiting her release, said Pomerleau and Ferreira’s sister, Graziela Dos Santos Rodrigues, 27.

“We’re gonna make a plan to go get her,” Valeriano said. “I’m probably going to jump on her and hug her.”

McLaughlin has previously called Ferreira a “criminal illegal alien” and said she has a previous arrest for battery, an allegation her attorney denied. She has also said Ferreira entered the country on a tourist visa that required her to leave in 1999.

Ferreira’s lawyers have repeatedly said that she has no criminal convictions nor history in the adult court system, and there are no public records indicating otherwise in the Massachusetts court system.

She was a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, an Obama-era program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of people from deportation. Ferreira, who owns a cleaning business, was in the process of getting a green card when she was detained, Pomerleau said.

In an interview last month, Ferreira’s sister, Dos Santos Rodrigues, said Michael Leavitt, 35, and Ferreira broke up more than a decade ago. They share custody of their son, who lives primarily in New Hampshire, she said.

While being held in the Louisiana facility more than 1,600 miles from home, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Ferreira focused on her son and his well-being, hopeful they would be together for the holidays.

On Monday afternoon, Ferreira’s mother kept repeating, “Oh, my God” — overcome with relief that she and her daughter would soon be reunited after a month apart.

“I can’t believe it. I didn’t sleep since she got in jail,” said Valeriano. “I’m so happy.”

“I miss her so much,” she added.

Pablo Veliz, who has been close friends with Ferreira since middle school, said he was talking with Ferreira on the phone only moments before “she got kidnapped.”

“Then I was wondering where she went, just to find out that she got [detained],” he said.

He equated Ferreira to the living embodiment of the “American Dream.”

“This is a girl who works hard every day. She didn’t deserve that,” said Veliz, 33, of Melrose. “I’m truly just happy that everything worked out and that she gets to come home, especially with her son.”

Nick Stoico of the Globe staff contributed to this report.

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