Bruna Ferreira, the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, is expected to be released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in the coming days after a federal immigration judge granted her bond.

Judge Cynthia Goodman ordered her release on a $1,500 bond after Ferreira, a Brazilian native, was arrested by ICE officers for overstaying her visa. Ferreira, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient, had been living illegally in the United States since she overstayed her visa after it expired in 1999. Her lawyers told the Washington Post that she has regularly tried to obtain legal citizenship.

Ferreira has not been released yet, but her attorneys “expect that imminently within days,” Jeffrey Rubin, attorney of the Boston-based law firm representing Ferreira, Rubin & Pomerleau PC, told the Washington Examiner.

“We argued that she was not a danger, nor a flight risk, nor a criminal illegal alien, and the government stipulated to our argument and made no argument whatsoever and then waived appeal,” Todd Pomerleau, another of Ferreira’s attorneys, told WMUR.

The White House did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment, but the Department of Homeland Security said, “ICE arrested Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a criminal illegal alien from Brazil. She has a previous arrest for battery. She entered the U.S. on a B2 tourist visa that required her to depart the U.S. by June 6, 1999. A Biden-appointed judge allowed her to be eligible for bond. If she pays the bond, she will be released while she continues in removal proceedings.”

“She will have periodic mandatory check-ins with ICE law enforcement to ensure she is abiding by the terms of her release,” DHS continued. “The Department of Homeland Security will continue to work to remove all aliens illegally present in the country as quickly as possible. As the Department has always maintained, all illegal aliens can avoid legal troubles by choosing to self-deport in a dignified way with a $1,000 stipend, a free flight home, and the chance to re-enter the United States legally in the future.”

A DHS spokesperson previously said Ferreira was being held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center and was under removal proceedings.

ICE ARREST OF KAROLINE LEAVITT’S RELATIVE REVEALS PERVASIVENESS OF VISA OVERSTAYERS

“She entered the U.S. on a B2 tourist visa that required her to depart the U.S. by June 6, 1999,” the DHS spokesperson previously said. “Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, all individuals unlawfully present in the United States are subject to deportation.”

Ferreira had a son with Michael Leavitt, the White House press secretary’s brother, and the two were previously engaged, according to CNN. They share custody over their child, according to the outlet.

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