While officials maintain Ferreira is subject to removal, her family is now trying to raise money for legal representation to fight her deportation.
Although the Trump administration has vowed large-scale deportations, ICE has not consistently made its deportation numbers public, NBC News reports.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been an outspoken supporter of the immigration enforcement, stating earlier this year: “If you invade our nation’s borders… you are going to be deported… and you may be held at Guantanamo Bay.”
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