The young mother was whisked away within minutes.
The Daily BeastWed, December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM UTC
A disturbing new video captures masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles swarming the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew before hauling her away. The video, first published by TMZ, shows 33-year-old Bruna Ferreira being taken into ICE custody on Nov. 12 in Revere, Massachusetts. Ferreira was in regular contact with Leavitt’s family while she co-parented her 11-year-old son, who is the press secretary’s nephew and godson, her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, told the Daily Beast. The Brazilian national came to the United States at age 6 and was granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, status, the 2012 program that offers deportation protections and work permits to people brought to the U.S. as children.