A Brazilian woman connected to President Donald Trump’s top White House spokesperson will be released on bond from an immigration detention center following a judge’s order on Dec. 8, according to the woman’s attorneys.

Bruna Carolina Ferreira, the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, was detained by immigration authorities on Nov. 12 in Massachusetts as she was on her way to pick up her son — Leavitt’s nephew through her brother — from school.

The 33-year-old, who arrived from Brazil as a young child in 1998 with her parents, was accused by the Department of Homeland Security of overstaying her tourist visa and was taken to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana.

"She looks forward to being reunited with her son and carrying on with her life as a hard-working business owner and resuming life in the only country she considers home," Jeffrey Rubin, an attorney for Ferreira, said in a statement to USA TODAY. Rubin said Ferreira was released on a $1,500 bond, the minimum amount under federal law.

The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Ferreira shares an 11-year-old son with Leavitt’s older brother, Michael, and the two share joint custody of the child, Ferreira attorney Todd Pomerleau previously told USA TODAY. The couple was engaged about 12 years ago and eventually broke up.

According to Ferreira’s legal team, she was in the final stages of getting her green card, with the last interview scheduled for the spring.

Ferreira, who owns and operates a cleaning service business and online clothing, had been allowed to live and work in the country as a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipient under the Obama administration.

The woman's legal team previously told USA TODAY that Ferreira decided to pursue a green card after the first Trump administration sought to terminate the DACA program; legal challenges have made the process long-winding.

A DHS spokesperson had described Ferreira as a "criminal illegal alien" with a "previous arrest for battery." The spokesperson did not provide details on the arrest.

When asked whether Ferreira has a criminal record, Rubin said "any reference to a criminal record was in the context of as a juvenile, an altercation with another teen occurred over $8 outside a Dunkin Donuts where all charges were dropped."

Arrest outside Boston

Ferreira’s attorneys said that the woman was arrested in Revere, Mass., outside Boston, as she was on her way in the afternoon to pick her son up from school in southern New Hampshire, which is about 35 minutes from where she lives. Attorneys described her as a highly involved mother who spent multiple days with her son every week.

Leavitt did not provide comments to USA TODAY but a source familiar with the dynamics between the two women said they haven't spoken to each other in years.

The source also said that the child has lived full time in New Hampshire with his father since he was born and that he had never resided with his mother.

Ferreira’s family started a GoFundMe page to raise money for legal expenses. The effort had raised more than $37,000 as of Dec. 8 at 4:30 p.m.

"Bruna’s absence has been especially painful for her 11-year-old son, Michael Leavitt Junior, who needs his mother and hopes every single day that she’ll be home in time for the holidays," says Ferreira’s sister Graziela DosSantos Rodrigues on the GoFundMe page.

Contributing by Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Mother of top Trump spokesperson’s nephew ordered to be released from ICE

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