Trump administration announces first-ever deportation from terrorist removal court

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Trending on The Hill - September 11, 2026

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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, although the woman was deported last month.

Nazira Haji Zada, a 47-year-old Afghan woman living in Fort Worth, Texas, was the first person to come before the previously dormant court.

Typically, the Justice Department seeks to convict and imprison those who are considered a terrorist threat rather than deport them. But in July they moved to deport Zada, whose sons were convicted in Oklahoma for their roles in a plot to carry out an attack on Election Day 2024. 

According to court filings........

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