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Trump turns to 'zombie' court after Boasberg pointed to it in deportation fight

The Trump administration is moving to deport an unnamed illegal immigrant suspected of terrorism through the long-dormant Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC), which has never heard a single case.The Justice Department filed its first-ever application for a removal order with the court on July 15, marking the first attempt in the court's nearly 30-year history to invoke a little-known law allowing the government to deport noncitizens suspected of terrorism through a specialized judicial process that relies on sealed classified evidence. If successful, the administration could revive what legal...