Overview
- The family’s lawyer says agents wearing ERO vests arrived in unmarked vehicles, pursued Francis López into his yard, and left after about two hours without knocking or leaving paperwork.
- Any Lucía López Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College student, was detained at Boston Logan on Nov. 20 and deported to Honduras roughly two days later.
- Her attorney secured a 72-hour stay from a Massachusetts judge, but the government contends the court lacked authority because she had already been moved to Texas and is no longer in custody.
- ICE cites a 2015 removal order to justify the deportation, while the family and lawyer say they cannot find a record of such an order and argue the removal violated the court stay.
- Legal scholars say the case reflects a broader tactic of rapid transfers that curtail judicial review, as DHS defends stepped-up airport enforcement and limits on air travel for undocumented passengers.