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The Justice Department has deported Nazira Haji Zada, an Afghan national and permanent resident living in Texas, in the first-ever case brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court. Zada conceded through her lawyers that she qualified as an alien terrorist in connection with an ISIS-inspired plot. The specialized court was established by Congress three decades ago but had not previously been used.
Reports across the political spectrum agree that the Justice Department successfully used the long-dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time to deport an Afghan woman living in Texas.
Left-leaning and center outlets like Axios and CBS News focus primarily on the procedural milestone of the previously dormant court and the implications for future terrorism removals. Right-leaning outlets such as Fox News and One America News Network emphasize details regarding the ISIS-inspired Election Day plot and the removal of a terror threat.
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Afghan woman whose case was the first for a long-dormant court has been deported, officials say
Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was arrested in July at her Fort Worth, Texas, home and brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court on a Justice Department application to deport her from the U.S.
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Source context: An Afghan permanent resident living in Texas has been deported after the Justice Department accused her of being an "alien terrorist," in the first such case of its kind.
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An Afghan national who was the first-ever case before the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court has been deported, the Justice Department announced Friday.The big picture: The DOJ win before the previously dormant court could give the administration a path to remove people it links to terrorism while keeping much of its evidence secret, Axios previously…
Nazira Haji Zada conceded being an “alien terrorist” in a case heard by a secretive court established three decades ago but which held its first hearing this year.
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Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was arrested in July at her Fort Worth, Texas, home and brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court on a Justice Department application to deport her from the U.S.
An Afghan permanent resident living in Texas has been deported after the Justice Department accused her of being an "alien terrorist," in the first such case of its kind.
Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, conceded to being an "alien terrorist." It marks the first case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
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The Justice Department confirmed the removal of an Afghan woman from the United States in the first completed case before a specialized terrorism court that Congress created 30 years ago but had never been used. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, conceded through her lawyers that she qualified as an “alien terrorist” and waived her right to…
Nazira Haji Zada admitted she was an "alien terrorist" in the first-ever use of a specialized federal court created 30 years ago by Congress after an ISIS Election Day plot.
An Afghan woman accused of supporting an Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)-inspired 2024 shooting plot on Election Day, has been deported from Texas in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) first use of the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC).
