Trump admin invokes 30-year dormant terror court as it seeks to deport Afghan woman tied to Election Day plot

An Afghan woman is the first person facing deportation proceedings through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a legal mechanism established in 1996 that has not been used for deportation cases in decades. The woman is being processed through this court in connection with an Election Day plot, according to the Trump administration. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court allows the government to use classified evidence in deportation proceedings without disclosing it to the defendant.

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