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A green-card holder has been deported to Afghanistan in the first case ever completed in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a tribunal Congress created in 1996 and left unused for three decades.
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Shop NowNazira Haji Zada, 47, a lawful permanent resident arrested at her Fort Worth, Texas home in July, was never charged with a crime.
The Justice Department instead brought civil proceedings, alleging she had radicalized her family, pledged loyalty to ISIS and helped raise money by selling possessions to fund an ISIS-inspired mass shooting planned by her son and son-in-law for Election Day 2024.
She conceded she was an “alien terrorist” and waived her right to contest her detention.
Senior U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen ordered her removal on August 20.
Attorney General Todd Blanche called it “a landmark case, resulting in the prompt removal of this alien terrorist to her country of origin,” and “a win for national security and the rule of law.”
Her court-appointed attorneys objected to the court itself, which permits classified evidence under a lower evidentiary standard than a criminal trial.
“Dragging lawful permanent residents into court but refusing to show them or their attorneys the evidence that will be used against them is a plain violation of due process,” they said.
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