8 U.S.C. § 1533 — Removal court procedure

(a) Application. (1) If the Attorney General^* has classified information^* that an alien^* is an "alien terrorist^*"—a term this section does not define—the Attorney General may seek removal under this subchapter by filing an application with the removal court^*. The application must identify the Department of Justice attorney filing it, include the Attorney General’s or Deputy Attorney General’s certification that the section’s requirements are met, identify the alien, and state^* facts supporting probable cause that the alien is an alien terrorist, is physically in the United States, and would pose a national-security risk if removed under subchapter II. (2) The application must be filed ex parte, in camera, and under seal. (b) The Attorney General may dismiss the action at any stage. (c) One removal-court judge may consider the application, other sworn information including classified information, and testimony at a hearing, for which a verbatim record must be kept. The judge must grant the application if probable cause shows the alien was correctly identified, is an alien terrorist in the United States, and would pose the stated national-security risk. If the judge denies it, the judge must write the reasons while protecting classified information. (d) After an order granting the application, the alien’s removal and expulsion rights are governed only by this subchapter; other chapter provisions do not apply unless this subchapter specifically refers to them.