Afghan woman deported via secretive terror court without charges in historic first

In the long American argument between security and liberty, a new chapter was written this summer when Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident of Texas, was deported to Afghanistan through a court that had never before been used — one that hides its evidence from the very people it judges. She was never charged with a crime. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court, dormant since Congress created it in 1996, was invoked because of her family's convictions, not her own actions, and she ultimately chose departure over a proceeding she could not meaningfully contest. The question her case leaves b