An Afghan legal permanent resident was deported less than 2 months after a case was filed in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
In a conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Associate Editor Peter Beck and Senior Editors Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, Molly Roberts, and Roger Parloff to discuss an Afghan legal permanent resident deported less than 2 months after case is filed in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, updates in the Grand Conspiracy, a judge allowing the Pentagon to fire Stars and Stripes journalists, developments in President Trump’s attack on mail voting, litigation over the use of SAVE data for elections, and more. …
Multiple sources report that Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, was deported to Afghanistan after her case was brought before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, with removal on Aug. 25 about six weeks after the July 15 filing. The claim's less-than-two-months timeline is therefore supported, and the claim matches the post's wording without adding details.
What we found
Supports. Reuters and AP report that Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident, was deported in the first case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, after she was arrested in July and brought before the court.[1][2]
Supports. Politico reports that she left the country about two weeks before the Sept. 11 announcement, which places removal in late August.[3]
Supports. Just Security states that the Justice Department filed the removal application on July 15 and that the deportation occurred on Aug. 25, roughly six weeks later, which is under two months.[4]
Context. Filing dates are reported mainly by one non-tier1 source, so the exact July 15 date is less independently confirmed, though the July arrest and August removal are consistent with it.[4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Afghan woman deported from US in first use of secretive ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Afghan woman whose case was the first for a long-dormant court has been deported, officials sayapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3DOJ avoids legal battle over secretive terrorism courtpolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Dangerous Warning Signs from the First-Ever ATRC Casejustsecurity.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Afghan woman plans to fight DOJ efforts to deport her over allegation she is an "alien terrorist"cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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Related claims
- The Alien Terrorist Removal Court judge ordered the Afghan legal permanent resident to be deported to Afghanistan.True
- The removal order for the Afghan legal permanent resident was issued on August 20, 2026, or several days after that.True
- The Justice Department filed its first case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court approximately two months before September 11, 2026.True
- The Alien Terrorist Removal Court was created in 1996.True
- The first case in the Alien Terrorist Removal Court involved a woman accused of conspiring with her son and son-in-law to commit a mass shooting on Election Day 2024.True