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And Marlon Ricardo Camejo, whose citizenship appointments were canceled by whom?
By Kristi Noem, because she's too busy flying around in her kajillion dollar jets.
These are the guests, these are the people that you're supposed to be hearing from tonight, not from convicted felon Donald Trump.
I work at the Intersection of Immigration Advocacy and Storytelling, and I'm here on behalf of Ani Lucia Lopez-Bellosa.
Ani was wrongfully deported while on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.
She was standing in the airport lobby waiting to board when agents scanned her ticket twice and claimed there was an error.
Moments later, two ICE agents approached a handcuffed her and took her away.
She spent the night in detention and less than 24 hours later, she was deported to Honduras, a country facing deep instability in a place she has not called home since she was eight years old.
Ani is a dreamer.
She's a 19-year-old student pursuing a business degree at Babson College.
She dreams of building a future not just for herself but for others, opening her own business, uplifting her community, and supporting her family.
Instead, she has been met with retaliation, fear, and attempts by the Trump administration and his vigilance to deport her loved ones and separate her family simply because she dared to speak out.
Two weeks ago, a federal judge ordered the government to facilitate Annie's return to the United States by this Friday.
The deadline is now just 72 hours away.
And what has the government done?
Only a request of a copy of her passport.
No clear plan, no urgency, and no guarantee that she will be allowed to return safely to her family without being detained again.
Annie is not a case number.
She is a daughter, a student, a leader, and a young woman whose future is being held hostage by the Trump administration's regime and cowardice.
Annie asked me to share this statement with you all tonight.