Alien Terrorist Removal Court holds its 1st-ever hearing
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ICE officials urging the special court to grant the deportation say efforts to deport her through traditional immigration courts would not suffice.
The DOJ is seeking to deport an Afghan woman who prosecutors allege is an "alien terrorist," in the first-ever test case before a secretive court that has never convened since it was created three decades ago.
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Justice Department uses rare 1996 law to deport Fort Worth woman in Election Day terror plot case
The Justice Department has invoked the long-dormant 1996 Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time to seek the deportation of Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old Afghan matriarch living in Fort Worth.
The Justice Department has filed the first-ever case in the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), seeking to remove Nazira Haji Zada, 47, residing in Fort Worth, Texas.