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Mother of Election Day Shooter Faces Deportation | Texas News
A 47-year-old Afghan woman is facing deportation under a rarely used 1996 law after federal agents allege she helped her son and son-in-law plan an ISIS-inspired Election Day mass shooting in 2024. Arrested in Fort Worth, she allegedly tried to sell her home and buy plane tickets for her younger children to flee to Afghanistan. Her son, 17 at the time, pleaded guilty and received a 15-year sentence, agreeing to return to Afghanistan after serving. Now, Nazira Haji Zada is being prosecuted in a newly revived Alien Terrorist Removal Court — the first time since its creation 30 years ago — which…
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