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(DIR) Post #B10Y0OvQy24f2KpTeq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:26:09Z
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#GiftArticleMom of #KarolineLeavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her #ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the #Trump press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #propaganda #law #immigration #CivilRights #FamilySeparation #ChildEndangerment #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy https://wapo.st/48qWW9C
(DIR) Post #B10YKHWaC1p3sJgXbc by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:29:44Z
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From her confinement in a remote #detention center in Louisiana, Bruna Ferreira recounted all the ways she said she has tried to maintain a friendly relationship with the family of WH press secy #KarolineLeavitt. After all, Ferreira shares a child with Leavitt’s brother.The Brazilian #immigrant selected Leavitt to be her son’s godmother. She signed off on her son’s trip to the White House Easter egg hunt…. And she said she “moved mountains” to ensure he could attend Leavitt’s wedding in Jan.
(DIR) Post #B10YdVR8gxjYWcJ1c0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:33:11Z
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Arrested Nov 12 by #ICE, Ferreira, 33, said it is insulting to sit in orange prison scrubs facing possible removal to Brazil after spending most of her life in the US while the #Trump admin paints her as a criminal. She is being detained for being in the US illegally, a #civil violation, after overstaying a #visa when she was a child.“I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister. I made a mistake there, in trusting.…Why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”
(DIR) Post #B10YrcupgMOZm5vasK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:35:24Z
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Since her arrest, the White House has portrayed Ferreira as an absentee mother who had not been in #KarolineLeavitt’s orbit in years. The WH issued a statement that said Ferreira had not spoken to Leavitt in years & that Ferreira had never lived with her son. The WH also shared a #DHS statement that called Ferreira a “criminal,” with a previous arrest for “battery,” though it has not responded to repeated requests for supporting documentation.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration
(DIR) Post #B10YyPTQ3fcO6zL960 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:36:58Z
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Court records, family photos & Ferreira’s account tell a different story.Ferreira said she met Michael Leavitt at a nightclub. They fell in love, got engaged & had a child, living together in New Hampshire. Their relationship fell into turmoil & instead of marrying, they broke up in 2015. Through the years they have shared caregiving responsibilities for their son, now 11, acc/to Ferreira & court records.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration #FamilySeparation #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
(DIR) Post #B10Z1HZxrkcOUplt0i by donray@mastodon.online
2025-12-07T14:37:28Z
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@Nonilex Leavitt definitely ratted her out. A person can’t demean all kinds of people and tell horrendous lies for 300 straight days and still be a decent person.
(DIR) Post #B10ZNmRhmhtcbBdUJM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:41:10Z
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While it is not uncommon for the WH & #DHS to make disparaging statements about undocumented #immigrants, Ferreira said she was offended by their remarks. Her son is a Leavitt, & she said she sees that side of the family frequently while visiting the boy or cheering him on at school or in sports. WH spox #KarolineLeavitt, who Ferreira said was once like a younger sister to her, is among the most vociferous champions of #Trump’s campaign to deport millions of immigrants.#law #immigration
(DIR) Post #B10ZUtQuCmI6IPeZn6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:42:47Z
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Ferreira’s arrest before Thanksgiving drew nationwide attention because of her connection to #KarolineLeavitt & prompted questions about why she was targeted. A longtime resident of Massachusetts, Ferreira came to America in 1998 at age 6 to join her parents after being raised by her grandmother in Brazil. At one point Ferreira faced possible deportation, but in 2012 she became eligible for an Obama-era program for undocumented immigrants who arrived as children.#Trump #law #immigration
(DIR) Post #B10ZWUPwBRLBI4xhWi by pattykimura@beige.party
2025-12-07T14:43:06Z
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@Nonilex When this first was reported, WBUR tried could not find any public police or court record of an arrest for the claimed "battery". The couple were involved in a custody dispute. This is now the "go to" " We don't need no (fair) Due Process" action for entitled fascists to resove all domestic, civil, and criminal disputes -- deport the Other, deport the victims, deport the witnesses, disappear your personal enemies and steal their stuff.
(DIR) Post #B10ZcBlQRvH9AwjLWq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:44:11Z
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This year, as part of the president’s mass deportation campaign, the #Trump admin restarted her #deportation case, acc/to Ferreira’s lawyers. Most of her family has legal status, but Ferreira has not been able to complete that process, her lawyers said.Ferreira said the White House claims that she had never lived with her child are “disgusting” & false.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #propaganda #law #immigration #CivilRights #FamilySeparation #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #WhiteSupremacy
(DIR) Post #B10ZfPMAMvuICWRzvM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:44:46Z
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Before her arrest, she said, her schedule consisted of work managing cleaning and clothing businesses, going to yoga class, and spending time with her son. She said she takes him to Dave & Buster’s, drives him to school, cheers at his sports games & stocks his bedroom with teddy bears, video games & his boxing gloves, “everything a young boy needs.”#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #propaganda #law #immigration #CivilRights #FamilySeparation #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #WhiteSupremacy
(DIR) Post #B10ZnEADrnX1nvao8u by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:46:10Z
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The White House did not respond to requests for comment on the discrepancies between their descriptions of Ferreira & the court records. #DHS has not explained why Ferreira was arrested when the admin says it is focusing on detaining violent criminals. Her lawyers contend that video indicates officers were specifically out in search of Ferreira when they detained her.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #propaganda #law #immigration #CivilRights #FamilySeparation #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE
(DIR) Post #B10a0HzawYJnRWql28 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:48:33Z
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Ferreira’s lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, said she has no criminal record. He says #DHS may be alluding to a 2008 incident when she was summoned to juvenile court after a fight with another girl outside a Dunkin’ Donuts over $8. He said Ferreira was never arrested & the case was dismissed. Because it was in juvenile court, he said it was not a criminal matter & it was supposed to be confidential. She was 16 at the time.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration #CivilRights #FamilySeparation #ICE
(DIR) Post #B10aDkd7mTUE1dl6R6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:50:59Z
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Michael Leavitt, 35, echoed the WH’s allegation that she had never lived with her son, in texts w/WaPo. But in court records he filed in NH in 2015, he wrote that they shared a home & listed them at the same address. Ferreira also mentioned their shared condo in a 2014 newspaper article after Leavitt won $1 million playing fantasy football. He did not respond to questions about the discrepancy. Leavitt is a fmr HS star athlete, is married & helps run his family’s used-car & truck business in NH.
(DIR) Post #B10aM8wbGW2XkcrzzE by EndicottAuthor@mastodon.social
2025-12-07T14:52:25Z
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@Nonilex And now, because of arbitrary and intentionally cruel actions, she is likely to be deported. Don't ask for any common sense in this. There is none.
(DIR) Post #B10aPqft8JKmFOots0 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:53:10Z
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Ferreira’s legal status had long been a point of contention in her relationship with Michael Leavitt. After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.
In the texts, Michael Leavitt denied seeking to have Ferreira deported.
“I had no involvement in her being picked up by ice,” he wrote to WaPo. “I have no control over that & had no involvement in that whatsoever.”#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration
(DIR) Post #B10aXOs8NzCuKu9Hvs by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-07T14:54:31Z
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Ferreira says he & his father, Bob Leavitt, have in recent weeks told her sister that Ferreira should “self deport,” & try to return legally, a move her lawyers say would be disastrous: Under federal law, Ferreira would be barred from coming back to the #US for a decade. Bob Leavitt did not respond to requests for comment.
“It’s a trap,” Pomerleau said.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #propaganda #law #immigration #CivilRights #FamilySeparation #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #WhiteSupremacy
(DIR) Post #B10cV1cc3iWPYVssC0 by samiamsam@mastodon.social
2025-12-07T15:16:27Z
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@Nonilex something something weaponization of government something something
(DIR) Post #B10dwhzCl0FQifDQKO by EugestShirley@m.ai6yr.org
2025-12-07T15:32:37Z
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@Nonilex Bad legal advice is one way to remove a co-parent from your life.
(DIR) Post #B10eNtOeRQnfvX52Qa by dtq1952@mastodon.social
2025-12-07T15:36:58Z
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@Nonilex Who is going to believe a Leavitt other than a dimwitted MAGAt?
(DIR) Post #B10qXg8bn65R9S0dMm by mls14@social.vivaldi.net
2025-12-07T17:53:46Z
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@Nonilex If this is what they do to a member of their own family who isn’t white… imagine how much worse they will do to everybody else.
(DIR) Post #B10v6nPt7Watg65mlc by Eetschrijver@mastodon.social
2025-12-07T18:44:56Z
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@Nonilex She's opted into the mob. And mob ties, as we all know, supersede family ties.
(DIR) Post #B10wpTvoVo3SEPtfma by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-12-07T19:04:14Z
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@Nonilex She learning firsthand about Trumpism Treachery
(DIR) Post #B112oo18wlaTxjS0LQ by evoterra@podvibes.co
2025-12-07T20:11:21Z
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@Nonilex “While it is not uncommon for the WH & #DHS to make disparaging statements about undocumented #immigrants…” But, it should be. It should be very fucking uncommon for the Whitehouse to make disparaging statements about ANYONE in the U.S.!😡