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Deported student refuses flight back to US following threat of second deportation

A federal judge ordered her return after a mistaken deportation, but she refused to board an ICE flight fearing immediate re-detention and removal, her lawyer said.

  • Federal prosecutors said the government will comply with a judge’s order to return Any Lopez Belloza, a Babson College student, from Honduras but warned she may be detained and deported again if she flies back to the U.S..
  • Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras in November despite a federal judge’s order to keep her in the U.S., and the government later acknowledged the deportation was a mistake.
  • Lopez Belloza declined to board a scheduled ICE flight back to the U.S. after authorities indicated she could be detained and deported again upon arrival.
  • A U.S. district judge denied a motion to dismiss Lopez Belloza’s habeas petition and instructed her attorneys to refile in a court with proper jurisdiction.
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Deported student refuses flight back to US following threat of second deportation

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was flown to Honduras in November despite a judge's order the prior day barring her from being deported or transferred out of the state for 72 hours. A government lawyer later apologized for what he called a "mistake."

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On Friday (February 27), a Honduran female university student studying in the United States refused to board a plane to return to the United States because the U.S. government had indicated that she would be detained and deported again upon her return.

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The spokesman-Review broke the news in Spokane, United States on Friday, February 27, 2026.
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