US uses dormant court against Afghan woman charged in terror plot
The U.S. government is utilizing the dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court for the first time in 30 years to deport an Afghan woman accused of supporting an ISIS-inspired plot. The case involves allegations that the woman supported her relatives in planning a domestic terror attack.
Why it matters
The reactivation of this obscure legal mechanism signals a shift in the U.S. approach to handling suspected foreign terrorists, potentially setting a precedent for future deportation cases.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An Afghan woman accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the U.S. is the first person facing deportation through the Trump administration’s use of an obscure court that remained dormant for 30 years, according to court records filed Wednesday.
The Alien Terrorist Removal Court is scheduled to hold a hearing on Thursday in Washington, D.C., for the government’s petition to deport Nazira Haji Zada, of Fort Worth, Texas. Nazira was arrested earlier this week.
An FBI memo dated July 15 said it “developed information” that Nazira is an Islamic State supporter who had her children pledge their loyalty to the terrorist group. Nazira “supported” a plot by relatives to carry out an ISIS-inspired attack in the U.S., the memo says.
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