Annie Comes Home: Tell Congress: Bring Any Lucia Lopez Belloza home before the holidays

Monday, December 22, 2025

Tell Congress: Bring Any Lucia Lopez Belloza home before the holidays

Pamela: On Thanksgiving Day, college freshman Any Lucia Lopez Belloza arrived at Logan Airport in Boston to travel home to Austin. Instead of spending the holiday with her family, she was surrounded, handcuffed, and dragged out of the airport by federal immigration agents.

48 hours later, the 19-year-old had chains placed around her wrists, waist, and ankles and — in violation of court orders — was put on a deportation flight to Honduras, a country she hadn't seen since she was seven years old and which her family left to seek asylum in the United States.[1]

Lopez Belloza's story is all too common amidst Trump and Stephen Miller's heinous deportation campaign.

We've seen this kind of injustice happen before, like when Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly and illegally deported to an infamous mega-prison in El Salvador. Thanks to tireless public pressure and multiple judicial rulings, today Abrego Garcia is back with his family. Now it's time to do the same for Any Lucia.

Members of Congress, including Rep. Greg Casar (TX), Rep. Jake Auchincloss (MA), and Senator Ed Markey (MA), are already speaking out to demand her safe return. But we know it's going to take a resounding response from an even wider swath of lawmakers to right this wrong and ensure she's not forgotten. That starts with you, Pamela.

Will you send an urgent message to your elected officials now? Speak out and act urgently to bring Any Lucia Lopez Belloza home before the holidays!

ACT NOW

Today, another family is devastated and scrambling for answers. Lopez Belloza's lawyer says she was never shown a warrant or removal order, and public records indicate her immigration case was closed in 2017.

She recently told the Boston Globe, "I have worked so hard to be able to be at Babson my first semester, that was my dream. I'm losing everything."

Lopez Belloza is unfortunately not alone. In March, Abrego Garcia was sent to the horrific mega-prison in El Salvador — the same country he fled as a teenager because of gang violence. After months of outrage, public pressure, and dozens of lawsuits, he was finally reunited with his family earlier this month.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case serves as a reminder that with every petition signature, phone call, and protest, we can make a difference and bring people home.

And we must press on.

The heartbreaking truth is these cases represent thousands of others. ICE detention has exploded under Trump — soaring 70% since January, with 66,000 people now in custody.[2] And in a stark break from past practice, the Trump administration has sent hundreds of people to unfamiliar third countries where they have no ties.

Our voices can help create the political space for our decision-makers to be bolder in demanding an end to this cruelty and the safe return of all these people.

Movement partners and a handful of lawmakers have been speaking out over Any Lucia Lopez Belloza's unlawful deportation, because they refuse a world where Trump can destroy lives and dismantle constitutional protections. Join them.

Together, we'll grow the number of lawmakers speaking out to a point where the Trump administration can't ignore their demands. Tell Congress: Act now to reunite Any Lucia Lopez Belloza with her family before the holidays.

What we are witnessing isn't merely a one-off scandal; it's part of a full-scale campaign to tear families apart and instill fear across our communities. But no matter how hard he tries, Trump won't change the fact that we live in a democracy — where the courts, the Congress, and the people can say no more.

Abrego Garcia recently reminded us why we can't give up: "I believe this is a country of laws. And I believe that this injustice will come to an end."

Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team