The removal order for the Afghan legal permanent resident was issued on August 20, 2026, or several days after that.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
Multiple sources, including the DHS primary statement and AP, Reuters and Bloomberg Law, state that the Alien Terrorist Removal Court's removal order for Nazira Haji Zada was signed on August 20, 2026. The claim's 'August 20, or several days after' framing is satisfied by the Aug. 20 date, and the extraction faithfully reflects the passage's hedged wording.
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… successful, the Justice Department is likely to bring it again in another kind of gray area example, um, and I'm sure that we'll finally get that kind of broader constitutional fight later down the road. Yeah, so when do we know when she was deported? So, I believe August 20th, or maybe several days after that, was when the removal order came down, and then the government actually didn't fly her out of the U.S. Like it does on some immigration, in some immigration cases. …
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Supports. DHS states the ATRC issued an order of removal on August 20, and AP reports that a judge's Aug. 20 removal order was among the sealed filings.[1][3]
Supports. Reuters and Bloomberg Law both report that Chief Judge Joan Ericksen ordered the removal on Aug. 20, with the order unsealed later.[2][4]
Context. Just Security reports the agreed order was dated Aug. 20, 2026, and that the removal itself took place on Aug. 25, so the 'several days after' alternative does not apply to the order date.[5]
Context. The passage is the speaker's own uncertain recollection, so it was graded only as the claim's wording and not as evidence; the extracted claim matches the passage's hedged date.
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Afghan woman whose case was the first for a long-dormant court has been deported, officials sayapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Afghan woman deported from US in first use of secretive ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3DHS Announces Removal of Alien Terrorist in First Use of United States Alien Terrorist Removal Courtdhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Afghan Immigrant Deported in First 'Alien Terrorist' Order (1)news.bloomberglaw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5The Latest from the Alien Terrorist Removal Court - Just Securityjustsecurity.org · not rated · cited for: context
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