Deported college student claims ICE misled her about potential release in the US

A 19-year-old college student who was deported over Thanksgiving despite a court order blocking her removal claims that an ICE officer told her she would likely be released if she returned to the U.S. -- even though government filings say the agency intends to re-detain and remove her if she returns.

Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, who was detained at a Boston airport by immigration authorities over Thanksgiving break. Officials told her she had an order of removal, which her lawyer said she was unaware of.

Within hours of her arrest, a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S., but she was nonetheless deported to Honduras.

In a motion to dismiss the case in Massachusetts this week, the government said "that if [Belloza Lopez] was returned to the United States to the 'status quo' that existed prior to her removal, [she] still would be subject to a final order of removal and ICE would be authorized to detain and remove [her]."

The government's filing is at odds with text messages sent to Belloza Lopez and obtained by ABC News that she claims are from an officer with Enforcement and Removal Operations who reached out to her on Friday to organize a flight from Honduras to the U.S. in accordance with the judge's order.

In the messages, the ERO officer confirmed the flight would be to Harlingen, Texas. When Lopez Belloza asked if the government would let her be free after her arrival, the officer replied, "Most likely, yes, Any."

During a press call on Friday, Lopez Belloza's attorney, Todd Pomerleau, said the flight offered by ICE is a "trap" to re-detain the college student and deport her again.

"For the first time in a long time, I felt real hope," Lopez Belloza said on the call. "Hours later, that excitement turned into a nightmare. The government filing said something completely different. It showed that I was not going to be released at all and I would be detained again. This is my own freedom that is being lied about."

Pomerleau said Lopez Belloza should be released in the U.S. because she has a pending green card application.

"She's never had her day in court," he said. "Rather than bring her back and leave her alone and let her go to college and enjoy the beauties of this country, they told us yesterday ... that making amends apparently is tricking her to get on a plane ... to then be detained and then be deported over the weekend."

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that Lopez Belloza failed to appear for her pre-arranged flight, and that, to maintain operational security, ICE does not disclose future law enforcement operations.

The spokesperson also disputed that DHS deported Lopez Belloza in violation of the court order.

"The court order to stop her removal was issued AFTER she was already removed," the spokesperson said. "She received full due process including a final order of removal from a judge."