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The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act is passed.

Date: 1996

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The act expedites procedures for the removal of suspected foreign terrorists from the United States, allowing for the detention and deportation of non-U.S. citizens on the basis of "secret evidence" that neither they nor their attorneys are allowed to see. It also institutes more stringent procedures for granting asylum.