Court orders Trump administration to facilitate deported student’s return
World • 1d ago
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was deported after attempting to visit her family for Thanksgiving, despite a court order.
A United States court has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to facilitate the return of a Babson College student, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, who was wrongfully deported last year.
In his ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Richard Stearns gave the government two weeks to take steps to bring Lopez Belloza back.
He framed the order as an opportunity to correct a “mistake” – but he did not rule out holding the government in contempt if it failed to take the necessary actions.
“Wisdom counsels that redemption may be found by acknowledging and fixing our own errors,” Stearns wrote.
“In this unfortunate case, the government commendably admits that it did ...