Afghan Woman Faces Unprecedented Deportation | San Antonio News

San Antonio News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 30, 2026 · 2m

A U.S. government effort to deport Afghan woman Nazira Haji Zada—using a decades-obsolete court designed for “alien terrorists”—has ignited a constitutional firestorm. Though a lawful permanent resident with no criminal record, Zada faces removal based on FBI claims she supported ISIS and encouraged her children to pledge loyalty. Her family’s past ties to an Election Day attack plot add gravity, but her lawyers argue the process violates due process and bypasses normal justice. The court, rarely used and legally murky, held its first public hearing in 30 years, with the judge acknowledging…