Judge Recommends U.S. Issue Visa to Student Who Was Deported in Error
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A federal judge has urged the Trump administration to consider issuing a visa to Any Lucia López Belloza, a Babson College freshman deported to Honduras in November due to what the judge called a "tragic (and preventable) mistake."
- Judge Richard G. Stearns made this recommendation after a federal prosecutor admitted that an ICE officer erred in deporting López despite a court order preventing her removal.
- López was detained at Boston Logan International Airport on November 20 while preparing to fly to Texas for Thanksgiving and was deported two days later, violating the court's November 21 order.
- This case represents a rare acknowledgment of error by the Trump administration amid its efforts to accelerate deportations.
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