Court Orders Trump Admin to Bring Deported Student Back to US

Babson College first-year student wrongfully deported despite court order; government given two weeks to act and correct the error.

A United States court has ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to facilitate the return of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, a Babson College freshman who was wrongfully deported last November while attempting to visit her family for Thanksgiving.

US District Judge Richard Stearns handed down the ruling on Tuesday, giving the government just two weeks to act. In his decision, the judge framed the order as an opportunity for the government to “acknowledge and fix” a mistake, warning that failure to comply could result in contempt charges.

“Wisdom counsels that redemption may be found by acknowledging and fixing our own errors,” Stearns wrote. “In this unfortunate case, the government commendably admits that it did wrong. Now it is time for the government to make amends.”

A Family Visit Turns into a Deportation

Lopez Belloza’s ordeal began on 20 November, when she was arrested by immigration agents at Boston’s Logan Airport while preparing to board a flight home to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. According to her account, she was denied access to a lawyer during her initial detention and was asked to sign deportation papers — an offer she refused.

For two nights, she was held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a cramped holding room with 17 other women, with barely enough space to lie down. Then, she was placed on a deportation flight, first to Texas and then to her native Honduras, arriving on 22 November.

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