Woman deported to Afghanistan in first use of Alien Terrorist Removal Court
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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Woman deported to Afghanistan in first use of Alien Terrorist Removal Court
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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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