8 U.S.C. § 1532 — Establishment of removal court

(a) The Chief Justice must publicly designate five district judges from five Federal judicial circuits to form a court with jurisdiction over all removal proceedings. The Chief Justice may designate the same judges used under the cited Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act provision. (b) Each judge serves 5 years and may be redesignated. Of the first judges, one serves 1 year, one 2 years, one 3 years, and one 4 years. (c) The Chief Justice must publicly designate one judge as chief judge. The chief judge must issue rules that help the court function and assign cases among its judges. (d) The cited Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act rules on prompt and confidential proceedings apply to removal proceedings in the same way. (e) The court must designate a panel of attorneys. Each attorney must have a security clearance allowing access to classified information^* and must agree to represent permanent^* resident aliens concerning classified information under section 1534(e)(3), subject to this subchapter’s penalties.