Karoline Leavitt’s close relative still has “deep respect and admiration” for the White House press secretary—even as she stays silent about her detention in an immigration facility.

Bruna Ferreira, 33, was taken into immigration custody earlier this month while picking up her 11-year-old son—Leavitt’s nephew and godson—from school in Revere, Massachusetts. The Department of Homeland Security alleges the Brazilian national overstayed a tourist visa.

Ferreira, who is being held at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, said she has no “bad blood” with Leavitt or her family and holds the 28-year-old Trump official in high esteem, her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, told WMUR, an ABC affiliate in Leavitt’s native New Hampshire.

“She is not doing well, but she is strong and resilie

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