College freshman is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order

[groundloop]

Source: AP News

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.

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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.

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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: https://apnews.com/article/babson-student-deported-thanksgiving-467393d8d9b9ae6351f99de7b9cbfb98

[Diamond_Dog]

1. What heinous crime did she commit, I wonder.

After all, we’re only deporting undocumented people who are drug dealers, murderers, and rapists, right?

[LiberalArkie]

2. So far I think they have a been guilt of having misdemeanors. Maybe a parking ticket?

Since the ICE and border control folks are classified as LEO's, they are really afraid of actually being around fellow criminals like themselves.

[travelingthrulife]

4. Not seen them in an actual crime zone even once.

[ClaudetteCC]

3. She had a removal order from 2015

I'm surprised the journalist didn't explore why.

[travelingthrulife]

5. Says in the article the lawyer looked for it and there was only the case closed order

in her immigration file.

ICE appears to be lying.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

7. Well she would have been nine years old.

I'm sure it was something heinous.

[ClaudetteCC]

10. LOL. good catch! I wasn't thinking about her age.

[IbogaProject]

9. She previously had a "removal order" in 2015

Which was obviously moot as the case was closed in 2017. Then they ignored a judge's explicit order to hold her in Mass, not move her let anone out of the country.

[Bayard]

6. There was a judge's order to keep her here

ICE and the AG really need to be held in contempt of court, AND punished accordingly--a deterrent to stop ignoring orders. Plus, bring her back home.

[sakabatou]

8. You know ICE and Dump don't care about the rule of law