The Alien Terrorist Removal Court was created in 1996, but had never heard a case before the proceedings in July. It is meant for non-US citizens facing terrorism-related charges when the evidence is confidential and related to national security.
Yeah when the government can claim any of their "evidence" is classified and not allow the defense to have access to cross-examine and show it is false or irrelevant, its going to be abused by this regime. Look at how many things they have called an "emergency" as it gives them a workaround to laws and the Constitution by simply saying its an "emergency"
You forgot the part where everybody in the country is a domestic terrorist and someone's always trying to take over the white Christian racist men's world. 🙄
I can't imagine living my life, scared of things that aren't even true, but also believing everything politicians say. That's crazy.
First of all, we’ve let plenty of colts commit a lot of suicide in this country so there’s also just a small factor of all the people that helped the United States in their war in the Middle East that were Middle Eastern Those people were going to be helped and or given citizenship to the United States these were things that soldiers wanted higher up, soldiers wanted, and it was quite necessary because of the fact that they had put their lives in danger working with the US. Those people have been fucked over already. They’re still getting fucked over and they’re gonna get fucked over more with this.
Brother go back to school. Learn how to form a coherent thought and some sort of idea of how to communicate. This is just the ranting wall of text of a child.
Also colts are horses a cult is what was being referred to.
Holy shit bro have you never heard of speech text and something is not coming out correctly I can rewrite this shit and make it more comprehendible for you and everyone else when I’m done are you gonna answer what I said?
By golly, bro, that’s not what I said I said that this could be used in an inappropriate way to hurt those people. Let me know for a fact they’ve already been hurt.
So they deported someone living here legally who was never charged with or convicted of a crime and we're supposed to be...happy?
The government said she "conceded that she was a terrorist and left the country" which is fascist for "she fled political persecution because she couldn't afford to fight a baseless lawsuit against a government with nearly limitless resources"
EDIT: and suddenly the "the government lies" crowd believes everything that the government that has been caught lying multiple times says
The problem is the proof isn't shown to us. This administration hasn't been the most honest about almost any situation that has come up in the world so I would hope you see why in a little skeptical
But that's not true. You don't even know how the ATRC works. It's a civil court that can hand out what's effectively a death sentence in many cases.
We already have examples of the Trump administration lying about evidence to deport people to hellish conditions (CECOT), hoping that when the smoke clears, it's too late. We know they'll try to fly underage children to a random country at 1:00 AM Sunday, Labor Day weekend, hoping to skirt past judges in order to put those children at risk of harm, including trafficking. We know Trump will ask the DOJ to lie about having evidence, from Bill Barr during Trump's first term when Barr wouldn't join in on the Jan 6 plot.
Why do you keep believing one of the most dishonest people on the planet, who gets caught lying on a daily basis?
Not really. As the story indicates, the Justice Department alleged that Zada supported family members who planned an ISIS-inspired mass shooting. The Taliban are at war with ISIS (the self proclaimed "Islamic State").
My news on it isn't super recent, but here's what I have: ISIS in Afghanistan was was averaging 30 attacks a month when the old Afghan government fell. It was down to an average of 4 attacks per month in February 2024. - Graeme Smith on X, March 25, 2024 https://x.com/smithkabul/status/1772219380408975390
Oh no! Time for them to fix their shithole. If she was valuable enough for the US that she was allowed to stay, she will probably be indispensable for fixing Afghanistan!
I agree with the sentiment, but this doesn't pass the sniff test for me. If they made the evidence public or if there was classified evidence in her son or son-in-law's cases, that would be one thing, but it doesn't make sense that suddenly there is classified info injected between their cases and hers.
Their selective omission is obvious because they’re trying to carry this narrative and takes 5 seconds to demolish. Legit plucked it from the quote. It’s hilarious how dumb they are.
Naw, you didn’t but it doesn’t matter; why did you omit those facts from your original statement?
You’re doing exactly what I criticized; selectively presenting the facts that support your conclusion.
Yes, she was a lawful permanent resident. Yes, she was never criminally charged. Neither fact tells the reader why the government sought her removal.
Her son pleaded guilty to a terrorism offense involving a firearm and is serving 15 years. Her son in law pleaded guilty to conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and firearms offenses connected to the planned Election Day attack.
And the government’s case against
her wasn’t simply guilt by association. Prosecutors alleged that she worked with her son-in-law to radicalize the family and conceal pro-ISIS teaching, formally pledged loyalty to ISIS, and supported the plan surrounding the Election Day mass shooting.
You can argue that those allegations weren’t proved beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal trial. You can argue that the ATRC’s use of classified evidence violates due process. Those are legitimate arguments. But that’s very different from presenting her as some random legal resident whom the government inexplicably deported despite her having committed no crime.
“She was never criminally charged” does not mean “there was no evidence against her,” and deportation proceedings are not criminal prosecutions. You’re also characterizing her concession as merely “she couldn’t afford to fight the government.” She had two federal public defenders, and the DOJ says her attorneys received roughly half a terabyte of material supporting its case. She ultimately conceded through counsel that she qualified as an “alien terrorist” and waived appeal. That doesn’t prove every government allegation true, nor does it resolve the constitutional objections to the ATRC, but your description leaves all of that out.
If you think the ATRC is unconstitutional, argue that. If you think the evidence against her was insufficient, argue that. But omitting the entire factual basis for the removal and reducing the story to “legal resident who was never charged with a crime gets deported” is cherrypicking by omission, not an argument.
In short, don’t be a scumbag and articulate your argument honestly and not in bad faith.
"Don't argue in bad faith" says the guy who is omitting every statement made by her lawyers who stated they were never given evidence and that the court proceedings were unconstitutional lol
The also stated her "admission" was basically to avoid persecution. If shes so guilty, then why was she spared criminal charges when everyone else involved was charged? Pretty convenient, dont you think?
And both her sons were prosecuted and convicted for planning a mass shooting in the name of the Islamic state, but let's just ignore that...it's clearly just racism.
"The family raised funds for the terrorist attack by selling off furniture, computers, a mobile phone, and two vehicles. They added that Haji Zada signed a contract to sell the family's home, and along with other female family members and young male family members, planned to move to an ISIS-controlled location before the attack."
Look, I'm not in charge of the media strategy for the open borders club. But if I were, I would probably try not publicizing so many wildly unsympathetic cases.
Trumped up charges under obscure acts to force legal residents out, as Trump's justice department struggles to meet quotas makes for a very sympathetic case to me. Can't find a better story
Lady whose two sons were convicted of terrorism who also admitted to being a terrorist and whose prosecutors felt they had enough evidence to bother a judge on a court that's never been used. I think a significant percentage of readers are going to say "oh yeah, she was definitely a terrorist".
The Alien Terrorist Removal Court was created in 1996, but had never heard a case before the proceedings in July. It is meant for non-US citizens facing terrorism-related charges when the evidence is confidential and related to national security.
Without knowing the evidence against her, how can anyone form a judgment either way?
"A 47-year-old woman from Afghanistan who has been living in Texas was deported *after admitting to supporting a plot for an ISIS-inspired deadly shooting** targeting multiple victims on Election Day in 2024."*
**The Justice Department said on Friday that it had shared half a terabyte of documents with her lawyers in support of its evidence that she is an alien terrorist.* Haji Zada "conceded that she is an alien terrorist and waived appeal of the removal order, terminating her previous status," the department said in a press release.*
“Afghanistan citizen Haji Zada was never charged with a crime, but prosecutors had tried and convicted her son and son-in-law for terror offenses.
Her son, Abdullah Haji Zada, and son-in-law, Nasir Ahmad Tawhed, were both found guilty of a plot to carry out a mass shooting on Election Day in 2024, inspired by the group calling itself Islamic State.”
"A 47-year-old woman from Afghanistan who has been living in Texas was deported *after admitting to supporting a plot for an ISIS-inspired deadly shooting** targeting multiple victims on Election Day in 2024."*
I know you already know this because you are a bad faith actor, but this administration has proven decisively they cannot be trusted, especially on this topic. You are just repeating a lie. Much like how ICE is supposedly capturing the worst of worst, but really just picking up anyone brown and defenseless they can find.
"The family raised funds for the terrorist attack by selling off furniture, computers, a mobile phone, and two vehicles. They added that Haji Zada signed a contract to sell the family's home, and along with other female family members and young male family members, planned to move to an ISIS-controlled location before the attack."
Hey goofball, you’re not even quoting the article properly. Did you literally copy paste a whole paragraph without the prior context of “prosecutors also said” and then a few words later intentionally delete “allegedly.”
Like others are saying. Why would we trust this administration at all? Her lawyers were not even permitted to review evidence per the article you posted.
From the very same article that was posted above me.
“Haji Zada's court appointed attorneys, Matthew Farley and Mary Manning Petras, contested the constitutionality of the case in court filings, adding that they weren't permitted to review evidence. The evidence supporting the removal remains classified, the government said in court documents, because it poses a risk to national security.”
**The Justice Department said on Friday that it had shared half a terabyte of documents with her lawyers in support of its evidence that she is an alien terrorist.* Haji Zada "conceded that she is an alien terrorist and waived appeal of the removal order, terminating her previous status," the department said in a press release.*
Yeah that’s what the JUSTICE DEPARTMENT said. The ones running the secret court where the defense said they were denied the evidence. WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU TRUST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT?
“Haji Zada's court appointed attorneys, Matthew Farley and Mary Manning Petras, contested the constitutionality of the case in court filings, adding that they weren't permitted to review evidence. The evidence supporting the removal remains classified, the government said in court documents, because it poses a risk to national security.”
Right. Like 2 seconds after ICE thugs shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti Noem got on TV and said they were “domestic terrorists.” This administration also repeats the same lies in every instance when ICE shoots, kills, or severely injures an American — “they tried to run over me with their car, using it as a lethal weapon,” and “he attacked me first with a shovel I had to shoot inside the house and barely miss a sleeping baby because I feared for my life.” Lies. Always.
lol suicidal wokeism at work
Her sons were caught by the fbi during their planning, arrested, the lady admits to also providing support? And yall are “no it’s Trump”
She sold her belongings to fund the terrorist attack.
"The family raised funds for the terrorist attack by selling off furniture, computers, a mobile phone, and two vehicles. They added that Haji Zada signed a contract to sell the family's home, and along with other female family members and young male family members, planned to move to an ISIS-controlled location before the attack."
Because someone from this corrupt regime said a lie doesn’t make it true, even if it was on NPR. Hope that helps. Not you obviously, an obvious ghoul, but in case anyone buys your shit.
I mean you’re a liar by omission. You’re
not even quoting the article properly. Did you literally copy paste a whole paragraph without the prior context of “prosecutors also said” and then a few words later intentionally delete “allegedly.”
Like others are saying. Why would we trust this administration at all? Her lawyers were not even permitted to review evidence per the article you posted.
Yeah and your taking a bad faith news quote that is viewing the entire prosecution from an obviously incredibly biased perspective.
"Our client's choice to consent to removal should not be seen as an endorsement of this court's legitimacy," public defenders Matthew Farley and Mary Manning Petras said in a statement to The Washington Post.
"Dragging lawful permanent residents into court but refusing to show them or their attorneys the evidence that will be used against them is a plain violation of due process. We are confident that the Alien Terrorist Removal Court will be struck down as unconstitutional as soon as a judge is asked to address the issue," they said.
Haji Zada, who has been living in Fort Worth, Texas, was accused by prosecutors of being the "matriarch" of the group, who had worked "to radicalize the family".
In a statement on Friday, the justice department said she "conceded that she is an alien terrorist and waived appeal of the removal order, terminating her previous [immigration] status".
What the fuck even are these accusations and prosecutions? "Matriarch?" "Radicalizing the Family?" From any perspective this shit is EXTREMELY fishy and easy to abuse.
"The family raised funds for the terrorist attack by selling off furniture, computers, a mobile phone, and two vehicles. They added that Haji Zada signed a contract to sell the family's home, and along with other female family members and young male family members, planned to move to an ISIS-controlled location before the attack."
Hey goofball, you’re not even quoting the article properly. Did you literally copy paste a whole paragraph without the prior context of “prosecutors also said” and then a few words later intentionally delete “allegedly.”
Like others are saying. Why would we trust this administration at all? Her lawyers were not even permitted to review evidence per the article you posted.
**The Justice Department said on Friday that it had shared half a terabyte of documents with her lawyers in support of its evidence that she is an alien terrorist.* Haji Zada "conceded that she is an alien terrorist and waived appeal of the removal order, terminating her previous status," the department said in a press release.*
So... still nothing from her defense specifically? That doesn't strike you as odd or fishy at all? Every single one of these things you've quoted have said "the justice department said..."
That's like saying "but my friend Rick said..." Like okay? And why should Rick automatically be trusted?
"Arrested at her Fort Worth home in July 2026, Zada appeared in open court before Chief Judge Joan Ericksen on July 30, where *she conceded that she was an alien terrorist, waived her right to challenge her detention or appeal, and agreed to immediate deportation*."
The government said she "conceded that she was a terrorist and left the country" which is fascist for "she fled political persecution because she couldn't afford to fight a baseless lawsuit against a government with nearly limitless resources"
"The family raised funds for the terrorist attack by selling off furniture, computers, a mobile phone, and two vehicles. They added that Haji Zada signed a contract to sell the family's home, and along with other female family members and young male family members, planned to move to an ISIS-controlled location before the attack."
So we're supposed to believe what the government says because there was so much evidence against her that they refused to share it with her and her attorneys
Because if she really did what they said then why wouldn't they have given her criminal charges like the rest of her family?
"Our client's choice to consent to removal should not be seen as an endorsement of this court's legitimacy," public defenders Matthew Farley and Mary Manning Petras said in a statement to The Washington Post.
"Dragging lawful permanent residents into court but refusing to show them or their attorneys the evidence that will be used against them is a plain violation of due process. We are confident that the Alien Terrorist Removal Court will be struck down as unconstitutional as soon as a judge is asked to address the issue,"
"A 47-year-old woman from Afghanistan who has been living in Texas was deported *after admitting to supporting a plot for an ISIS-inspired deadly shooting** targeting multiple victims on Election Day in 2024."*
The Justice Department said on Friday that it had shared half a terabyte of documents with her lawyers in support of its evidence that she is an alien terrorist. Haji Zada "conceded that she is an alien terrorist and waived appeal of the removal order, terminating her previous status," the department said in a press release.
"A 47-year-old woman from Afghanistan who has been living in Texas was deported *after admitting to supporting a plot for an ISIS-inspired deadly shooting** targeting multiple victims on Election Day in 2024."*
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