New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew's mother was detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this month, and is slated to be deported, reports said.

As per a report by CNN, Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazilian native formerly engaged to Leavitt's brother Michael and the mother of her nephew, was arrested in near Boston on November 12.

She was arrested while driving to pick up her 11-year-old son, whose custody she jointly shares with Michael.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the news outlet that Ferreira had been living in the US illegally since 1999, overstaying after her tourist visa expired.

Described as "a criminal illegal ...