federal judge on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to resolve a "bureaucratic mess" by issuing ‌a student visa to a college student who was deported to Honduras after being arrested ‌at Boston's airport while trying to visit her family for Thanksgiving. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns during a hearing in Boston raised that prospect as a "practical solution" to how to resolve a lawsuit by Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old student at Babson College ‍who was sent to Honduras in violation of a court order. A federal judge in Massachusetts issued an order on November 21 barring Lopez Belloza from ⁠being deported or transferred out of Massachusetts for 72 hours. But by ‌that time, Lopez Belloza had already been flown to Texas, potentially stripping Stearns' court of jurisdiction. But he floated an alternative, recommending the State Department issue Lopez ​Belloza a student visa allowing her to finish her studies.

Source: The Star January 14, 2026 01:49 UTC