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Federal Judge Orders Return of Deported Babson College Student Any Lucia López Belloza Back to the U.S.

HeadlineFeb 16, 2026

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return Babson College student Any Lucia López Belloza to the United States after she was wrongfully deported to Honduras in November. At the time, López Belloza was trying to fly from Boston to her home in Houston, Texas, to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was told there was an issue with her boarding pass before she was detained by federal immigration officials. She was taken to Texas and deported to Honduras two days later despite a court order blocking her removal while her case was pending. Judge Richard Stearns has given the Trump administration two weeks to facilitate López Belloza’s return to the U.S. His order comes after a federal prosecutor admitted in January that ICE had mistakenly deported her.

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