Overview
- A federal response filed this week contends the court in Boston could not halt Any Lucía López Belloza’s removal because she had already been transferred to Texas.
- Prosecutor Mark Sauter says ICE did not conceal her whereabouts and notes the government considers her effectively released from custody in Honduras.
- Her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, argues ICE violated an order barring removal and transfer out of Massachusetts and made locating her nearly impossible during the process.
- Hours after her Nov. 20 arrest at Boston Logan, a judge ordered she not be expelled or moved from the state, yet she was flown to Texas that night and deported the next morning.
- The court set a Dec. 11 deadline for a formal reply from her counsel; she is now in Honduras with relatives and coordinating with Babson College to finish her semester remotely.