Bruna Carolina Ferreira, a native of Brazil and the mother of Leavitt's nephew, was arrested on November 12 near Boston, her lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, told CNN. Leavitt's nephew has lived in New Hampshire since birth with his father, Leavitt's brother, Michael, a source told CNN.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an Uzbek citizen in Kansas, wanted in his home country for participating in a terrorist organization. He was in the United States illegally and working as a truck driver, according to the official website of the Department of Homeland Security. The man entered the country…
Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested after a police officer in central Arkansas, conducting a routine search, noticed a roll-on perfume bottle in his car, NBC News reports. The Indian immigrant, who was working as a delivery man, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after…
A Kentucky man was arrested for creating a Halloween installation in front of his home: several body bags with signs bearing the names of local officials, Global News reports. In Stanton, Kentucky, near Lexington, a local resident…
Russian immigrant Alexander Levit, who fled his country eight years ago, has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after Russian authorities allegedly filed an Interpol arrest warrant, according to a GoFundMe page set up by…
On September 6, police in Washington state arrested a 13-year-old teenager. By many indications, he was planning to commit a mass shooting. More than 20 guns were found in the boy’s home, CNN reports. The teenager was arrested after the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office received a tip on September 5…
A Texas couple posted memes mocking immigrants on social media. The husband, a green card holder, was eventually detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when he tried to renew his permanent residency, the Dallas Observer reports. Lan Tack, a hairstylist from Tarrant County,…
On July 26, 2025, local activist Leonid Melekhin was arrested in Perm and charged with justifying terrorism, Radio Svoboda reports. Melekhin was detained after being deported from the United States, Meduza writes. Leonid Melekhin was denied political asylum in the United States. The case has caused…
A couple who were about to get married had their lives shattered when the bride was detained at the southern border of the United States and placed in an immigration detention center. The couple had planned to go to Los Angeles for the day, writes the Daily Mail. Jamie Nations, 56, a US citizen, and Alena Berezhnova-Gunel, 34, a Ukrainian living in Mexico,…
Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a Russian woman at a U.S. Marine Corps base in Hawaii, Military.com reported. It was perhaps the first known case of a foreign national being detained under the military-to-military partnership pilot program.