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Court orders Trump administration to facilitate deported student’s return

Court orders Trump administration to facilitate deported student’s return

Summary

A U.S. court has ordered President Donald Trump's administration to help return Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a Babson College student, who was wrongly deported last year. The judge has given the government two weeks to take steps to bring her back, after admitting the deportation was a mistake. Lopez Belloza was initially detained and deported despite a court order preventing her removal.

Key Facts

  • Lopez Belloza, a Babson College student, was deported from the U.S. to Honduras in November last year.
  • A court recognized the deportation was a mistake and ordered the government to correct it.
  • U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns set a two-week deadline for the government to arrange her return.
  • Lopez Belloza was 19 when detained at Boston's Logan Airport before a planned Thanksgiving trip to Texas.
  • She was denied a lawyer and kept in a holding room before being deported against a court order.
  • The government has apologized for the error but disputes claims it intentionally ignored the court order.
  • The Trump administration has argued she was subject to a prior removal order and opposes her return on a student visa.
  • Lopez Belloza is originally from Honduras, brought to the U.S. as a child at the age of eight.
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