Boston student who hoped to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving is deported to HONDURAS instead
A college freshman was deported while trying to board her flight on her way to surprise her family at Thanksgiving.
Babson College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was waiting to board her flight to Texas, where her parents live, on November 20 when gate agents in Boston, Massachusetts, flagged up an issue with her ticket.
When the 19-year-old went to talk to customer service as instructed, they detained her without giving a reason, according to the Boston Globe.
Loved ones scrambled to find her a lawyer, and attorney Todd Pomerleau filed a lawsuit, saying that the teen was not given a due process.
'We believe her constitutional rights were violated, the way she was arrested, not having any notice why she’s arrested, not shown any documents to justify her abrupt, egregious removal from the United States Of America,' he told WHDH.
Following her arrest, Lopez Belloza was taken to an ICE facility in Burlington and flown to Texas shortly before being sent to Honduras.
Lopez Belloza was pursuing a degree in business on a scholarship at the small Massachusetts college. She had moved to the US in 2014 with her family when she was just nine or ten years old.
'She was in a court process that she thought ended favorably,' Pomerleau told the outlet.
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was trying to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained
The 19-year-old was detained at the Boston airport on her way to Texas, where her parents live, for Thanksgiving
Lopez Belloza's attorney Todd Pomerleau said the girl was given no reason or documentation for her arrest
Pomerleau explained that Lopez Belloza is a child in the eyes of immigration law.
'She's under the age of 21. She's going to college. She has zero record,' he told the outlet.
U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services classifies a child as 'a person who is both unmarried and under 21 years old.'
The lawsuit resulted in a judge ordering that Lopez Belloza could not be moved, but she was shipped off to Honduras anyway.
Lopez Belloza's family was completely unaware of her whereabouts. For two days they waited with bated breath hoping to find their daughter.
She was finally able to call her family on November 22 from a country she hadn't lived in since she was a child.
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was a freshman at Babson college studying business
The terrified teenager had managed to make her way to her grandparents house in Honduras.
Lopez Belloza had a removal order from 2017. Neither she nor her family were aware of it, American Immigration Council policy director Nayna Gupta told the Globe.
Gupta explained that many immigrants are unaware that they have removal orders. They can be issued in immigration court when the subject isn't there or sent to old addresses.
The National Immigration Project reported that approximately 1.3 million people had orders of removal out against them at the beginning of 2025.
As of 2025, the Trump administration has deported more than 500,000 undocumented people, according to DHS. A total of 1.6 million people have chosen to self deport.
Lopez Belloza was directed to customer service at Logan Airport where she was detained
Pomerleau told the Globe that he was finally able to speak with Lopez Belloza earlier this week.
'She was really sad. I told her, "We’re going to fight like hell until we bring you back,"' he said.
The Daily Mail contacted DHS, Pomerleau, and Babson College for comment.
