Federal judge demands swift action from Trump administration to rectify deportation of US college student.
A US federal judge in Boston has given the Trump administration just three weeks to "rectify the mistake" that led to the deportation of a 19-year-old Honduran college student, Any Lucia López Belloza, while she was traveling home for Thanksgiving.
López Belloza, a freshman at Babson College in Massachusetts, had her detention barred by a court order on November 21 after she was arrested at Boston's Logan airport. However, the administration had already sent her to Honduras despite this order, and she remains there with her grandparents.
The judge, Richard Stearns, has imposed an ultimatum, demanding that the State Department issue López Belloza a student visa, thereby restoring her legal status in the US. If the administration fails to comply, Stearns has threatened to hold them in contempt and order their return to Massachusetts.
Stearns acknowledged that there is no straightforward solution to this situation, which has resulted from a combination of administrative errors. However, he believes that issuing López Belloza a visa would be the simplest way to rectify the situation.
The administration's decision to deport López Belloza while she was outside of Massachusetts means that Stearns lacks jurisdiction over her overall case. Nevertheless, he recognizes that this error can still be remedied through administrative action.
A lawyer representing the government apologized earlier in the week for an officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement who failed to properly flag the court order that should have prevented López Belloza's deportation. The administration has yet to comment on how it will proceed within the three-week timeframe set by Stearns.
A US federal judge in Boston has given the Trump administration just three weeks to "rectify the mistake" that led to the deportation of a 19-year-old Honduran college student, Any Lucia López Belloza, while she was traveling home for Thanksgiving.
López Belloza, a freshman at Babson College in Massachusetts, had her detention barred by a court order on November 21 after she was arrested at Boston's Logan airport. However, the administration had already sent her to Honduras despite this order, and she remains there with her grandparents.
The judge, Richard Stearns, has imposed an ultimatum, demanding that the State Department issue López Belloza a student visa, thereby restoring her legal status in the US. If the administration fails to comply, Stearns has threatened to hold them in contempt and order their return to Massachusetts.
Stearns acknowledged that there is no straightforward solution to this situation, which has resulted from a combination of administrative errors. However, he believes that issuing López Belloza a visa would be the simplest way to rectify the situation.
The administration's decision to deport López Belloza while she was outside of Massachusetts means that Stearns lacks jurisdiction over her overall case. Nevertheless, he recognizes that this error can still be remedied through administrative action.
A lawyer representing the government apologized earlier in the week for an officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement who failed to properly flag the court order that should have prevented López Belloza's deportation. The administration has yet to comment on how it will proceed within the three-week timeframe set by Stearns.
It's just a matter of time before we have some elderly grandma get deported thinking she's the wrong person too. And what about the college kid who's now gonna miss out on her freshman year at Babson College? Good luck with that, López Belloza... 
this is so messed up!!! 19-year-old Any Lucia López Belloza, who's just trying to get back home for Thanksgiving, gets deported to Honduras without even a chance to appeal... that's some crazy admin errors right there 
. I mean, come on! Can't the Trump administration just make things right? Three weeks is way too short, in my opinion. What if they can't get it together and fix this mess? Then López Belloza gets stuck in Honduras forever 
. This whole thing stinks of incompetence...
i feel bad for López Belloza she was just tryna go home for thanksgiving and get back to school, its not cool that she got deported without even being able to see her family again 
the admin needs to step up their game and figure out a way to fix this ASAP, Stearns is on point by giving them an ultimatum 
López Belloza deserves better than this, shes a college student for crying out loud!
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3 weeks isn't a lot of time for them to fix their mistake, but hopefully they do bc that girl shouldn't be stuck in honduras. student visa? it's not rocket science lol. anyway, gotta keep an eye on this one, hope she gets back to massachusetts soon 
! So, there's this college student from Honduras, Any Lucia López Belloza, and she got deported back to her home country despite a court order that said she couldn't be sent back. Like, what even is that?! 
. And can you believe the admin is still quiet about it? Like, what are they hiding?! 