"They tell you that in accordance with a deportation order that you've never known existed, you're being sent to Honduras in handcuffs, and within 48 hours you find yourself adrift in a country you can barely even recall from hazy childhood memories, totally uncertain of your future, your education or how you'll ever be able to see your parents again."
"As first reported by The Boston Globe, only a few hours earlier López Belloza had been a giddy 19-year-old freshman at Babson College exceling in her first semester of pursuing a business degree-something that she hoped would one day help her start a tailoring business alongside her father Francis. You would likely have depicted López Belloza, in fact, as a representation of the American dream-not a citizen, but a young"
Any Lucía López Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College freshman and the first college student in her immigrant family, was arrested at Logan International Airport during a Thanksgiving trip and told an unknown deportation order required her removal. She was handcuffed and flown to Honduras within 48 hours, arriving in a country she barely remembered and facing uncertainty about her education and family. López Belloza emigrated at age seven fleeing violence and hoped to pursue a business degree to start a tailoring business with her father. The detention occurred amid intensified immigration enforcement linked to Donald Trump's policies.
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