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Justice Department dusts off a long-dormant deportation court for a terrifying new test case

The Justice Department filed the first-ever case in its Alien Terrorist Removal Court on August 8, a move that puts an obscure post-9/11-style legal mechanism back into play and raises immediate civil-liberties alarms.

Why it matters: deportation court

First recorded Aug 9, 2026·Meaningfully updated Aug 9, 2026

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