The Trump administration mistakenly deported Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College student, to Honduras. A federal judge has ordered her return to the US. The government had previously stated she had missed opportunities to appeal the deportation order.
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College freshman, was deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving, something the Trump administration acknowledged as a mistake.The Trump administration admitted in court it mistakenly deported Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, and a federal judge said she must be returned to the U.
S. by Feb. 27.. Having failed to do that, Stearns said, he was compelled to act. He said it was up to the courts to determine her rights and the legality of her removal. "This is not an issue for the Executive to prejudge and arrogate to itself, whatever stance it may choose to take in litigating the removal issue before a court of law," Stearns wrote."We are pleased that the Court has ordered Any’s immediate return," he said in a statement."She's a remarkable, resilient young woman deserving of this outcome. We are thankful for the outpouring of support from those who have fought for Any's Dream." Asked about the decision, the Department of Homeland Security emailed a statement saying Lopez Belloza received"full due process" and a final order of removal. The federal agency said she entered the U.S. in 2014 and that the removal order was issued by anThe government has said she missed multiple opportunities to appeal. But Lopez Belloza said her previous attorney told her there had been no removal order. Pomerleau said previously that the government's response"spills a lot of ink on the difficulty of a student visa, but it fails to address the numerous simple solutions available to itself to rectify its 'mistaken' deportation.""They deported her, and the judge is telling the government to bring her back within 14 days," he said."I called her today, and she was in tears. She's so excited." Lopez Belloza, who has no criminal history, was detained at Boston's airport Nov. 20 as she prepared to fly home to Texas for the holiday. She was deported two days later. She has been staying with her grandparents in her native Honduras, a country she had last been to more than a decade ago.
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