Bruna Ferreira, mother of White House press secretary's nephew, is facing removal proceedings after being seized in Massachusetts

Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.

The Brazilian overstayed a tourist visa and is in “removal proceedings,” Homeland Security told CNN.

Bruna Ferreira, who has a child with the White House press secretary’s brother, is now in custody at an ICE facility

Bruna Ferreira, mother of White House press secretary's nephew, is facing removal proceedings after being seized in Massachusetts

La madre del sobrino de Karoline Leavitt, brasileña de origen, se encuentra recluida en un centro de Luisiana a la espera de la deportación

The mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew was arrested by immigration officials during enforcement actions in Massachusetts.

Ferreira was in the final stages of getting her green card, with the last interview scheduled for the spring.

CONCORD, N.H.: A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after being arrested on…