An Afghan woman living in Texas, whose son and son-in-law were convicted of plotting an Election Day mass killing in 2024, had a public removal hearing Thursday, the first case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court. The case marks the first public session of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a specialized federal court that Congress established in 1996. The court has jurisdiction to remove foreign terrorists from the United States when the government establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that an alien is a terrorist. “The Department’s application in this court makes clear that terrorists have no place in the United States of America.” As part of the plea agreement, Abdullah agreed to a judicial order of removal from the United States to Afghanistan after his incarceration.