A document from the Department of Homeland Security shows that (PL-RJ), who was arrested this Monday (13), in Orlando, had an expired visa and.
The information was first published by the Metrópoles portal and confirmed by Sheet. The document is called NTA (acronym for Notification of Appearance, in English), which provides the immigration court with the motivation for possible deportation from American territory.
In the notification, the department describes that, but he is considered “subject to deportation” because the visa he had was the so-called B2, for tourists, and would only allow him to stay until March 10.
“It is alleged that you are subject to deportation from the United States under the following provisions of law: Section 237(a)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended, for remaining in the United States longer than permitted in violation of United States immigration law,” the document states.
The was confirmed by the Federal Police. In a statement, the PF states that the former deputy was arrested by and attributes his arrest as a result of international police cooperation with US authorities.
“The prisoner is considered a fugitive from Brazilian justice after being convicted of the crimes of armed criminal organization, coup d’état and attempted violent abolition of the rule of law”, says the PF.
In a note on social media, Bolsonaro businessman and blogger Paulo Figueiredo criticizes the stance of the Brazilian authorities and argues that the arrest is not related to Ramagem’s extradition request, which is being processed by another body, the State Department, and not the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for ICE.
According to him, the NTA document demonstrates that “ICE understood, as a standard in immigration cases, that Ramagem would be subject to deportation for overstaying the authorized period.” “There is absolutely nothing about cooperation with Brazilian authorities, nor any mention of crimes in Brazil,” he says.
Close to the Bolsonaro family, Ramagem is considered a fugitive from Brazilian justice, after having left Brazil and remained in the United States, under the government, since last year.
The former parliamentarian was sentenced by the (Supreme Federal Court) to 16 years and one month in state prison at the end of the (PL) government.
The arrest, however, has no relation to the conviction by the STF, for which he is considered a fugitive from justice. Ramagem’s name appears on the agency’s website as “in ICE custody.”
Ramagem would have moved in September to a luxury condominium in Florida, while recording videos and voting remotely in the Chamber sessions, supported by a medical certificate.
This Monday, the leader of the opposition deputy Cabo Gilberto Silva (PL-PB) stated at a press conference in the Chamber of Deputies that the opposition presented four requests in response to Ramagem’s arrest.
The main one, addressed to the United States Embassy in Brazil, asked that “the analysis of the Brazilian political and institutional context be considered, especially with regard to the alleged persecution of political opponents” in the analysis of Ramagem’s case.
The text was signed by senator Jorge Seif (PL-SC) and also calls for the granting of political asylum for Ramagem and his family. According to him, the process is already underway in the United States. The senator told the press that he hopes the request will result in Ramagem’s case being prioritized.
Furthermore, the opposition said it had asked the STF to review the former parliamentarian’s conviction, and the MJ (Ministry of Justice) to provide information on the Brazilian government’s actions in the case. “They want to deport the deputy,” said Gilberto Silva.
The parliamentarians also said that they will ask the president of the National Congress Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP) to “review the position regarding the omission of this power”, explained the opposition leader.
The deputy argued that Ramagem had been revoked “illegally” and that in May 2025,
In December, the minister ordered the opening of Ramagem’s extradition process.
The definitive condemnation of the central nucleus of the coup plot, of which the parliamentarian was part, was decreed by Moraes on November 25th.
In December, Ramagem gave a statement to the STF after Moraes reopened the process that could increase the former parliamentarian’s sentence.
The trial of some of the coup plot crimes that occurred after Ramagem’s diploma had been suspended by the Chamber while he was still a federal deputy.
These are the criminal types linked to the 8th of January: damage qualified by violence and serious threat, against the Union’s property and with considerable damage to the victim and deterioration of listed property.
In December, the Board of Directors of the Chamber revoked Ramagem, which paved the way for Moraes’ decision to reopen the case against him.
It also canceled the diplomatic passports of Ramagem and former federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL), who, like the former director of Abin, had his mandate revoked and is in the United States.
