"BOSTON (AP) - A college student deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving in November must be returned to the United States within two weeks, a federal judge in Boston ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns issued an order that required the return of 19-year-old Babson College freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza by the end of February. Stearns said he had hoped the Trump administration would come up with a solution after it acknowledged mistakenly deporting Lopez Belloza. Having failed to do that, Stearns said, he was compelled to act."
""This is not an issue for the Executive to prejudge and arrogate to itself, whatever stance it may choose to take in litigating the removal issue before a court of law," Stearns wrote. Belloza's attorney, Todd Pomerleau, welcomed the ruling. "We are pleased that the Court has ordered Any's immediate return," he said in a statement. "She's a remarkable, resilient young woman deserving of this outcome. We are thankful for the outpouring of support from those who have fought for Any's Dream.""
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a college student with no criminal history, was detained at Boston's airport on Nov. 20 while preparing to fly home for Thanksgiving and was mistakenly deported to Honduras. A U.S. district judge ordered her returned to the United States by the end of February, saying courts must determine the legality of her removal after the administration failed to fix the mistake. The Department of Homeland Security said she received full due process and cited a 2015 removal order after her 2014 entry. The government said she missed appeals; Lopez Belloza said her prior attorney told her there was no removal order. Her attorney welcomed the return order.
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