Trump administration says detaining college student trying to surprise family was a ‘mistake’

The Trump administration apologized in court for mistakenly deporting Any Lucía López Belloza, a Massachusetts college student, to Honduras in November 2023. López Belloza, who had emigrated from Honduras to the U.S. in 2014, was detained at Boston's airport while traveling to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving. The deportation occurred despite an emergency court order to keep her in the U.S. while her case was reviewed. Government lawyers admitted an ICE officer mistakenly believed the order no longer applied and failed to halt her removal. While apologizing for the error, the government argued the mistake shouldn't affect her immigration case, citing a 2016 deportation order for López Belloza and her mother.