Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 1996 to make it easier for the Justice Department to use classified evidence to deport people from U.S. soil.

DOJ holds first-ever hearing of ‘Alien Terrorist Removal Court,’ created in 1996 ...

The court has been dormant since it was created in 1996.

The Trump administration filed the first petition with the Alien Terrorist Removal Court to deport a suspected "alien terrorist," marking a historic legal move to expedite deportations in ...

"The government now ignores all of Ms. Haji Zada's rights by detaining her based on evidence that it will not permit even her ...

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Dormant for 30 years, a little-known tribunal is hearing its first case. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak is the chief legal correspondent and host of The Docket. See more of our coverage in your search ...

Expedited removal proceedings were proposed initially in the early 1980s as summary exclusions in response to the Mariel boatlift, a reaction to Cuba’s Castro regime that brought approximately 125,000 ...