Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, conceded to being an "alien terrorist." It marks the first case in the Alien ...

The Trump administration activated a never-before-used pathway for removing alien terrorists from the United States. Since its creation in 1996, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had lain dormant ...

The court has existed for nearly three decades without being used. A sealed DOJ application could define how far the government can go when national security evidence is kept from the person facing ...

Court was created in 1996, but had never been used before Nazira Haji Zada’s case.

Attorney General Todd Blanche in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Credit: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Justice Department, for the first time in history, used a ...

An Afghan woman accused of supporting an ISIS-inspired mass shooting on Election Day 2024 has been deported back to her home country in the first successful use of a specialized federal court ...

Updated July 31, 2026 at 10:37 AM CDT The Justice Department has activated a special court that's never before been used to argue for the removal of a woman accused of supporting the Islamic State.

An Afghan woman living in Texas, whose son and son-in-law were convicted of plotting an Election Day mass killing in 2024, had a public removal hearing Thursday, the first case before the Alien ...

The Justice Department on Friday noted the removal of an Afghan woman in the first-ever Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) case, announcing the resolution on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, ...

The legal US resident was never charged with a crime, but was deported due to her family links to terrorism.