Overview
- U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns directed the administration to facilitate Any Lucía López Belloza’s return by late February and to file a status report by Feb. 18.
- The State Department deemed a new student visa unfeasible and ICE declined to arrange travel, leading the court to issue a formal order.
- Government lawyers acknowledged the deportation violated a Massachusetts court stay and apologized, attributing the breach to an ICE officer’s mistake.
- López Belloza was removed to Honduras two days after her detention at Boston’s Logan Airport despite a 72-hour bar on deportation or transfer.
- She remains in Honduras studying remotely, as the judge signaled possible civil contempt for noncompliance and said immigration courts should assess her due process claims.