DES MOINES (AP) - A judge has rescinded a deportation order for a Honduran teenager who claims authorities arrested her with a dishonest ploy.

Stephanie Izaguirre, 18, was arrested June 1 at an immigration office where she was told to appear to fill out paperwork regarding her green card.

On Monday, Immigration Judge Eleazar Tovar granted a request to reopen Izaguirre's case because she may not have received a notice of her deportation hearing, which was apparently mailed to an address where she never lived. The notice was mailed in 2001 after immigration officials picked her up for allegedly crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally.

Izaguirre still faces a long legal battle as her lawyer argues that she should be granted asylum because she was a victim of child sex trafficking in Honduras.

"It's a total back to square one deal - and that's good," said her lawyer Jim Benzoni. "Now it's a question of what relief is she eligible for."

Benzoni said Izaguirre is essentially an orphan - her mother is dead and her father is not around.

She crossed the border to be with her sister who has since married and became a U.S. citizen living in Des Moines.

Benzoni said he initially used a provision in the law that allows young immigrants who qualify as children in need of assistance to get a green card if they're in the U.S. illegally.

Izaguirre was granted special immigrant juvenile status when she was 17. The day after she turned 18, her lawyer received an e-mail asking Izaguirre to complete paperwork at the immigration office. She was arrested after arriving.

Two of Iowa's highest-ranking Democrats, Gov. Tom Vilsack and U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, expressed outrage over how Izaguirre's case was handled, and appealed to top immigration officials. She was released from jail in Polk County on June 6.