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U.S. immigration authorities used a classified tribunal to deport an Afghan woman to her home country on terrorism grounds in a first-ever case. The secretive process raises due process concerns.
U.S. immigration authorities deported an Afghan woman to Afghanistan through a classified tribunal that operates under secrecy—and this is the first time they've used this process to remove someone on terrorism grounds. The tribunal is called the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, and the entire proceeding, including the evidence against her, was hidden from public view. She had no opportunity to see or contest the classified materials used against her.
This case opens a door that hadn't been used before in exactly this way. The machinery for secret deportations on terrorism charges existed, but actually deploying it against a specific person sets a precedent. The woman was sent back to a country she fled—a country the U.S. State Department itself designated as a terrorist-run state. The due process problem is direct: she can't defend herself against evidence she can't see, in a court she can't observe, using standards that remain classified.
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