NY Times Super Concerned Over “College Student” Deported Over Thanksgiving

They’re a little late to this party

5 times. And they waited till the last paragraph for the important stuff

College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving

A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said on Sunday.

The student, Any Lucia López Belloza, was brought by her parents from Honduras to the United States when she was 7. Her father, Francis López, said in a telephone interview on Sunday that neither Ms. López nor her mother knew there was an order for her deportation.

“When they arrested Any, that’s when they told her,” said Mr. López, a tailor.

Ms. López’s lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, described an opaque process for obtaining information about her case, including the grounds for her deportation.

He said she had been deported in violation of a court order that a federal judge signed on Friday that said Ms. López could not be removed from the United States while her case was pending.

She was arrested on Thursday, transferred to Texas, and deported on Saturday. The judge granted the 72-hour stay on Friday at 6pm. I doubt the system works that fast. They left that part out.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency told The Boston Globe that an immigration judge had ordered Ms. López deported in 2015, when she was a child. The agency did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. (snip)

The family emigrated nearly 12 years ago because of the rampant crime and insecurity in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Mr. López and his wife feared for their daughter as the news was filled every week “with deaths and murders,” he said. “That’s the reason we left.” The family had applied for asylum, he said, but it was denied, and they were never told they had to appeal to avoid a deportation order.

“Emigrated,” ie, came to the US illegally. Asylum was denied. They should all be deported. Instead, we’re treated to sob stories.