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Speaker 1: Crime al Art hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm

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Speaker 1: Drew Nelson. A Massachusetts woman with family ties to the

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Speaker 1: White House Press Secretary, is now in federal immigration custody

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Speaker 1: in Louisiana as her attorney disputes claims that she is

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Speaker 1: a criminal. Caroline Levitt's niece's mother, Bruna Caroline Ferrera, was

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Speaker 1: arrested by Immigration and Customs enforcement in Revere, Massachusetts. She's

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Speaker 1: being held at the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center and

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Speaker 1: is now in removal proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security

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Speaker 1: says she overstateed a B two tourist visa that required

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Speaker 1: her to leave the United States by June sixth of

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine. DHS also claimed she had a prior

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Speaker 1: arrest for battery. Farrera's attorney, Todd Palmerlowe, strongly rejected that claim.

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Speaker 2: Bruna is no criminal record whatsoever. I don't know where

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Speaker 2: that is coming from. Show us the proof. There's no

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Speaker 2: charges out there. She's not a criminal, illegal alien. We're

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Speaker 2: hearing that setabo basically anyone who's not a US citizen.

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Speaker 1: Ferrera is the mother of an eleven year old boy

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Speaker 1: she shares with Michael Levitt. He is the brother of

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Speaker 1: Caroline Levitt. Michael It says his son lives full time

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Speaker 1: with him and his wife in New Hampshire. He said

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Speaker 1: Ferrera has maintained a relationship with her son, but the

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Speaker 1: boy has not spoken with her since she was detained.

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Speaker 1: He released a statement that read quote, my only concern

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Speaker 1: has always been the safety, well being, in privacy of

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Speaker 1: my son. A source familiar with the matter said Caroline

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Speaker 1: Levitt and Ferrera have not spoken in many years. Caroline

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Speaker 1: Levitt has declined to comment on the arrest. A White

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Speaker 1: House official said she had no involvement in the case.

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Speaker 1: Pameerlo says Ferrera came to the United States as a

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Speaker 1: child with her family from Brazil. He said she entered

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Speaker 1: under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA program and

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Speaker 1: later began the process of seeking permanent residency. She was

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Speaker 1: arrested while driving to pick up her son from school

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Speaker 1: just before Thanksgiving. He says she was not given a

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Speaker 1: clear explanation at the time of her detention. She was

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Speaker 1: moved through multiple states before being placed in Louisiana custody, and.

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Speaker 2: I'm just trying to fight to get her out of jail.

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Speaker 2: She should not be sitting in a jail, go hours

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Speaker 2: away from her family and taken from her our child's life.

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Speaker 2: She's a great mom and I think he's what I heard.

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Speaker 2: He's been a pretty good guy.

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Speaker 1: Attorney Palmerlo says she is in the process of earning

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Speaker 1: a green card. Ferrea's sister, Graziela Dos Santos Rodriguez, created

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Speaker 1: GoFundMe to help cover legal fees and expenses. The fundraiser

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Speaker 1: written in both English and Portuguese. As of the latest update,

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Speaker 1: it is raised thirty four, five hundred and thirty dollars,

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Speaker 1: surpassing its thirty thousand dollars goal, with the top donation

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Speaker 1: five thousand dollars from an anonymous donor. Graziella described Ferrera

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Speaker 1: as hard working, kind, and devoted to her son, Michael

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Speaker 1: Levitt Junior. The fundraiser states the family hopes Ferrera will

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Speaker 1: be home in time for the holidays. In a Thanksgiving

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Speaker 1: Day update, the family said the holiday looks very different,

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Speaker 1: but thank donors for helping them surpass their goal. The

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Speaker 1: family also credited Palmerlow and his legal team for joining

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Speaker 1: the fight. DHS maintains that Ferrera is unlawfully present in

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Speaker 1: the country and subject to deportation under current federal policy.

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Speaker 1: Palmerlo says he expects a hearing before a federal judge

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Speaker 1: in Louisiana. More crime and justice news after this, Lecha

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Speaker 1: Stein disappeared on July fifteenth of twenty sixteen in Aurora, Colorado.

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Speaker 1: She was last seen on surveillance video at two fifteen

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Speaker 1: am near East Montvieu Boulevard and North Peoria Street. She

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Speaker 1: had left her home fifteen minutes earlier. She was sixteen.

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Speaker 1: She was scheduled for a job interview on the next day,

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Speaker 1: but never arrived and has made no contact with family

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Speaker 1: or friends since. In twenty twenty, investigators searched a vacant

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Speaker 1: house in Aurora tied to someone they believed was involved.

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Speaker 1: They were allowed into the basement and dug through part

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Speaker 1: of it. No evidence was found. Investigators confirmed the case

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Speaker 1: remains active. Earlier this year, detective traveled out of state

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Speaker 1: to follow a tip. Regretfully, it did not produce any results.

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Speaker 1: Aurora police and the Denver office of the FBI say

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Speaker 1: they are not giving up. The last credible tip came

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Speaker 1: several years ago from someone who believed they saw le

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Speaker 1: Sea at a hotel on East Colfac that lead went nowhere.

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Speaker 1: Laico was an honor student at George Washington High School.

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Speaker 1: Her family said she planned to attend college and study nursing.

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Speaker 1: She was also planning to spend the summer as an

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Speaker 1: intern at a nearby medical school. She would now be

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Speaker 1: twenty five years old. Says nine is black. She's five

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Speaker 1: feet six inches tall and weighed about one hundred and

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Speaker 1: fifty pounds. She has long black hair usually worn in

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Speaker 1: a bun, and brown eyes. She has a quarter sized

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Speaker 1: round scar on her chest. Last scene wearing a black

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Speaker 1: V neck T shirt, black stonewashed jeans, silver hoop earrings,

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Speaker 1: and a silver watch on her left arm. Anyone with

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Speaker 1: information is asked to contact the Denver Field Office of

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Speaker 1: the FBI at eight hundred call FBI or tips at

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