"Her case is the latest involving a deportation carried out despite a court order. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador despite a ruling that should have prevented it. The Trump administration initially fought efforts to bring him back to the U.S. but eventually complied after the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in. And last June, a Guatemalan man identified as O.C.G. was returned to the U.S. after a judge found his removal from Mexico likely "lacked any semblance of due process.""
"But the government also acknowledged it violated the judge's order. In court filings and in open court, government lawyers said an Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer mistakenly believed the order no longer applied because Lopez Belloza had already left Massachusetts. The officer failed to activate a system that alerts other ICE officers that a case is subject to judicial review and that removal should be halted."
A 19-year-old Babson College freshman, Lucia Lopez Belloza, was detained at Boston's airport on Nov. 20 and flown to Honduras two days later despite an emergency court order directing the government to keep her in the United States for at least 72 hours. The government apologized, saying an ICE deportation officer mistakenly believed the order no longer applied and failed to activate an alert system. Lopez Belloza is staying with grandparents and studying remotely and recently visited an aunt in El Salvador. The government argued the court lacks jurisdiction because lawyers filed after she left the U.S. The case follows prior removals carried out despite judicial orders.
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