Afghan Woman Deported in Historic First Use of US Alien Terrorist Removal Court

An Afghan woman was deported in what US officials describe as the first-ever use of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), a secretive federal tribunal created in 1996 under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act that had never previously been exercised to remove anyone. The ATRC allows the government to deport individuals using classified evidence that neither the subject nor their defense counsel can fully review, bypassing normal immigration court proceedings. The case marks a significant and historic legal precedent in US immigration enforcement and national security law.