Student Deported Back to Native Honduras While Flying Home for Thanksgiving, Despite Court Order; Babson Student Heading to Texas for Thanksgiving Surprise Deported to Honduras Instead

AP

Student deported back to native Honduras while flying home for Thanksgiving, despite court order

A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her attorney.

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, had already passed through security at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20 when she was told there was an issue with her boarding pass, said attorney Todd Pomerleau. The Babson College student was then detained by immigration officials and within two days, sent to Texas and then Honduras, the country she left at age 7.

“She’s absolutely heartbroken,” Pomerleau said. “Her college dream has just been shattered.”

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an immigration judge ordered Lopez Belloza deported in 2015. Pomerleau said she wasn’t aware of any removal order, however, and the only record he’s found indicates her case was closed in 2017.

“They’re holding her responsible for something they claim happened a decade ago that she’s completely unaware of and not showing any of the proof,” the lawyer said.

The day after Lopez Belloza was arrested, a federal judge issued an emergency order prohibiting the government from moving her out of Massachusetts or the United States for at least 72 hours. ICE did not respond to an email Friday from The Associated Press seeking comment about violating that order. Babson College also did not respond to an email seeking comment. --->READ MORE HERE

Babson student heading to Texas for Thanksgiving surprise deported to Honduras instead:

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a business major at Babson, was swiftly deported in violation of a court order, her lawyer alleged.

A freshman at Babson College was detained at Logan Airport last week and swiftly deported to Honduras as she attempted to fly back home to surprise family in Texas during her Thanksgiving break.

The deportation of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was done in violation of a court order, according to her lawyer.

Belloza is originally from Honduras, but grew up in Texas before moving to Massachusetts to study business at Babson. She has traveled on planes multiple times, including recently, without any issues, her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, said.

She went through security checkpoints at Logan last Thursday without issue and was about to board her plane when she was told that there was an issue with her boarding pass. Belloza was informed that she had to speak with customer service but was quickly detained by federal immigration authorities. She was not told why she was being detained, according to Pomerleau. Belloza had been told growing up that she had a pending immigration case, but that it was resolved back in 2017.

Belloza was taken to an ICE facility in Burlington, then flown to Texas. After frantically searching for information on Belloza’s whereabouts, Pomerleau filed a lawsuit against federal officials and requested an emergency order requiring Belloza not be removed from the U.S. for a period of at least 72 hours. That order was granted just after 6 p.m. Friday by District Judge Allison Burroughs.

But on Monday, Pomerleau learned that Belloza had been flown from Texas to Honduras on Saturday. This was done in violation of the court order, he said. --->READ MORE HERE

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