Secretive terrorist removal court set for first hearing in Afghan woman’s case

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.

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.

Secretive terrorist removal court set for first hearing in Afghan woman’s case  CNN