A U.S. attorney in the Trump administration apologized on Tuesday for deporting a Boston-area college student in breach of a court order over Thanksgiving.
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old freshman student at Babson College, was deported by federal immigration authorities in November. She was detained at Boston Logan International Airport on Nov. 20 while attempting to fly home to Austin, Texas, to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her family.
Following her detainment, a federal court ordered that Lopez Belloza not be removed from the United States or from Massachusetts jurisdiction within 72 hours on Nov. 21. However, federal officials deported Lopez Belloza to Honduras on Nov. 22.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Sauter apologized for the deportation despite the court order, saying “the government regrets that
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