Overview
- Any Lucia Lopez-Belloca, 19, was detained at Boston Logan on Nov. 20 while trying to fly to Texas and was transferred to Texas that night before being deported to Honduras on Nov. 22.
- Court documents show a federal judge ordered that she not be removed or moved out of Massachusetts within hours of her detention.
- DHS says an immigration judge issued a removal order in 2015, while the student and her attorney say they were unaware of such an order and contend records show her case closed in 2017.
- Lopez-Belloca says she was handcuffed, shackled, and made to sleep on a detention-center floor, and she is now staying with relatives in Honduras.
- Her attorney has filed suit seeking records and remedies, alleging unlawful transfer and blocked access to counsel, and Babson College says it is supporting the student and family as government responses are awaited.