College pledges support for student deported during Thanksgiving trip

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 02 December 2025 04:31 EST


The deportation of a Babson College student while attempting to fly home for Thanksgiving has prompted the institution to instruct faculty and staff to provide "academic and community support."

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston Logan International Airport on 20 November as she tried to board a flight to surprise her family in Texas.

According to her attorney, she was sent to Honduras two days later. That was despite a court order prohibiting the government from moving her out of Massachusetts or the United States.

Lopez Belloza, whose family emigrated from Honduras when she was seven, is now staying with her grandparents. Caitlin Capozzi, the college's dean of campus life, informed faculty and staff of the detention Tuesday.

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