Trump administration activates dormant court for ‘alien terrorist’ deportations

Justice department files first-ever petition to Alien Terrorist Removal Court created in 90s, seeking removal of person The Trump administration has filed a first-ever petition to a secretive and dormant court created 30 years ago to consider government requests to deport so-called “alien terrorists” from the US. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) was established in 1996 but had never received a petition until Wednesday, when the US justice department filed an application seeking the…