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19-Year-Old College Student Deported Before Thanksgiving Reunion

12/1/2025

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Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old college student, was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Boston's airport on November 20 while attempting to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.
Despite a federal judge's order against deportation, she was sent to Honduras within 48 hours, according to her attorney Todd Pomerleau.
Lopez Belloza had lived in the United States since age 7 and remains devastated to be separated from her family.

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Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old college student, was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Boston's airport on November 20 while attempting to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.
Despite a federal judge's order against deportation, she was sent to Honduras within 48 hours, according to her attorney Todd Pomerleau.
Lopez Belloza had lived in the United States since age 7 and remains devastated to be separated from her family.