Afghanistan, July 30 -- The US Justice Department is seeking to deport a 47-year-old Afghan lawful permanent resident accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out a mass-casualty attack in the United States on Election Day 2024, according to newly unsealed court records.
The case marks the first-ever use of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a specialized federal court created by Congress in 1996 to handle deportation cases involving noncitizens whom the government classifies as "alien terrorists." The court's official records identify the respondent as Nazira Haji Zada, of Fort Worth, Texas, and show that the Justice Department filed the removal application on July 15.
The Justice Department alleges that Haji Zada su...