About 80 Democrats Urge Return of Babson Student Deported Despite Court Stay

Overview

• Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Greg Casar, the letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons asks for Any Lucía López Belloza’s immediate, lawful return.
• Government lawyers previously apologized in court, calling the November deportation an officer’s mistake, while DHS public affairs chief Tricia McLaughlin said the agency did not err given an existing removal order.
• U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns urged the government to propose a remedy and noted options such as a State Department student visa, with deadlines set for reporting steps.
• López Belloza, a Babson College freshman on scholarship, remains in Honduras and, according to lawmakers, was handcuffed, forced to sleep on a detention center floor, and deported in shackles.
• The congressional letter warns the case may reflect a broader pattern of DHS failing to follow court orders and of slow responses when errors are acknowledged.