US apologizes for deporting a college student flying home for Thanksgiving surprise
Yahoo • • nation
Key Points:
- The Trump administration apologized in court for mistakenly deporting 19-year-old Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza to Honduras despite an emergency court order to keep her in the U.S. for at least 72 hours.
- The deportation occurred because an ICE officer believed the court order no longer applied once Lopez Belloza left Massachusetts and failed to notify other enforcement offices to halt her removal.
- The government argued the deportation was lawful based on prior immigration rulings and contended the court lacked jurisdiction since the legal action was filed after Lopez Belloza had left Texas.
- Lopez Belloza's lawyer criticized the deportation as a clear violation of the court order and a denial of due process, seeking leniency and her return
