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The Thanksgiving holiday usually brings families together, but for one promising college student, it spiraled into an unthinkable nightmare that has sent shockwaves across the nation. Just weeks before families gathered for festive meals, a 19-year-old Babson College freshman, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, prepared to fly home to Texas, anticipating warm hugs from her parents and two younger sisters. What should have been a routine trip from Boston’s airport on November 20th quickly transformed into a terrifying ordeal. Instead of boarding her flight and heading towards the comfort of her family, she found herself caught in an immigration dragnet, a victim of the very system designed to protect borders. This isn’t just another headline about immigration policy; this is a deeply personal story of a young woman’s dreams violently interrupted, an unexpected confrontation with federal agents that would strip her of her freedom, her future, and her country in a matter of hours. The harrowing events that unfolded next would leave anyone questioning the very fabric of justice and due process in America.
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