By Ted Hesson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. immigration authorities are detaining the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, officials said on Wednesday, a sign of the wide reach of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement that immigration authorities had arrested the woman, Brazilian national Bruna Caroline Ferreira, but declined to provide the exact circumstances.

News reports said Ferreira had been taken into custody in Revere, Massachusetts, near Boston.

DHS said Ferreira had entered the U.S. on a tourist visa and failed to depart, but a GoFundMe page organized by her sister said she had legal status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

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