Overview
- Agents in three unmarked vehicles, including one wearing an ERO vest, appeared at the López family’s Austin home Sunday, forced open a backyard gate, and left after about two hours without contacting the family, according to their account and attorney.
- A recent Justice Department filing argues the Massachusetts court lacks jurisdiction because Any Lucía López Belloza was in ICE custody in Texas when her habeas was filed and contends the petition is moot because she is no longer detained.
- López Belloza was detained at Boston Logan on Nov. 20, transferred to Texas within roughly 30 hours, and deported to Honduras about two days after her arrest despite a Massachusetts judge’s rapid stay order.
- ICE cites a 2015 removal order to justify the deportation, which the student’s family and lawyer dispute, saying they had no notice and that records did not show such an order when they sought emergency relief.
- DHS defended the removal as routine and said TSA now helps bar undocumented domestic air travel, and the student’s legal team is preparing a court response this week seeking her return.