Overview
- Immigration Judge Cynthia Goodman ordered her release from ICE’s southern Louisiana facility on the statutory minimum $1,500 bond.
- The DHS lawyer did not contest defense arguments that she was neither dangerous nor a flight risk and waived any appeal.
- ICE arrested Ferreira on Nov. 12 in Revere, Massachusetts, while she drove to pick up her 11-year-old son, then transferred her more than 1,500 miles to Louisiana.
- DHS has described her as an “illegal immigrant criminal” tied to an assault arrest; her attorney disputes that characterization and says any past juvenile matter was dismissed.
- A former DACA recipient now seeking permanent residency, she is expected to continue her case in Boston out of custody, and the White House has not commented on the family connection.