DOJ holds first-ever hearing of ‘Alien Terrorist Removal Court,’ created in 1996

DOJ holds first-ever hearing of ‘Alien Terrorist Removal Court,’ created in 1996

The Trump administration is bringing the first-ever case before a little-known national security court created nearly three decades ago, seeking to deport an Afghan woman with a green card who the Justice Department alleges supported an Islamic State-linked terrorist plot involving her son and son-in-law. Nazira Haji Z

Woman in first Alien Terrorist Removal Court case mounts constitutional challenge over secrecy  CNN

The Department of Justice is seeking to deport the mother of a convicted ISIS supporter through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, which has never before been used. CBS News legal reporter Katrina Kaufman has the story.

The judge warned of possible “moments of inelegance” as she weighs the unprecedented bid to deport a woman accused of supporting the Islamic State group.

The Trump administration is testing a secretive, never-before-used deportation court for alleged alien terrorists with a case concerning the Afghan mother of a convicted terrorist, with the U.S. Justice Department accusing the Texas-based woman of having Islamic State sympathies.

'Alien terrorist' court used for the first time ever in historic case  USA Today

The Justice Department on Thursday will bring its first case in a dormant court that allows the speedy removal of noncitizens suspected of terrorism. DOJ is seeking to remove Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old Afghan woman living in Fort Worth, Texas, after her sons were convicted in Oklahoma for their roles in a plot to

Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 1996 to make it easier for the Justice Department to use classified evidence to deport people from U.S. soil.