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WASHINGTON,
D.C.
–To
show
strong
and
unified
opposition
to
the
President’s
plan
to
relocate
terrorists
held
at
the
detention
facility
at
Guantanamo
Bay
to
American
communities,
U.S.
Senators Tim
Scott
(R-S.C.), Pat
Roberts
(R-Kan.),
and
Cory
Gardner
(R-Colo.)
tonight
will
sit
together
at
the
President’s
State
of
the
Union
Address.
The
Administration
has
surveyed
sites
in
South
Carolina,
Kansas,
and
Colorado
as
potential
replacements
for
Guantanamo.
Senators
Roberts,
Scott
and
Gardner
have
led
opposition
to
the
President’s
plans
to
again
ignore
the
law,
the
will
of
Congress
and
the
American
people
and
use
executive
action
to
move
the
detainees
to
the
mainland.
In
November
of
2015,
the
President
signed
the
National
Defense
Authorization
Act
into
law
which
contained
language
blocking
the
transfer
of
detainees
to
the
United
States
for
prosecution
or
detention.
Senators
Roberts,
Scott
and
Gardner
are
concerned
with
the
30
percent
recidivism
rate
among
released
detainees,
the
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
it
will
cost
to
construct
a
new
facility,
and
the
fact
that
opening
domestic
facility
would
place
a
bright
red
bulls-eye
for
acts
of
terror
on
an
American
community.
Also
in
November
of
2015,
the
Senators
hosted
a
press
conference
on
this
issue.
To
view
footage
of
that
press
conference,
click here.
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