Dear Friends,

This morning, the Obama administration released their plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and bring enemy combatants to the U.S.

The law could not be any clearer: President Obama does not have the authority to move dozens of dangerous terrorists from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to American communities. Instead of trying to empty out Gitmo and moving dozens of dangerous terrorists to South Carolina, Kansas or Colorado, the President needs to put our national security interests first. It is beyond time he abandon this reckless campaign promise.

For one, the Naval Brig, a potential alternative site in Hanahan, SC, is close to schools, churches, and neighborhoods.  Why move from Guantanamo – an isolated base 500 miles from Havana, to somewhere within five miles of a dozen schools? It simply doesn’t make sense.

Additionally, the fiscal argument the White House is trying to make is a shallow one, and pretending like moving Guantanamo to a new location is going to take away a propaganda point for groups like ISIS is simply disingenuous. There is simply no reason to put a target on an American community, when we already have an isolated facility, well-guarded by Marines, that is more than capable of holding them.

I want to thank my colleagues, especially Senator Pat Roberts and Senator Cory Gardner, for their work to help stop the President’s dangerous plan – because we know there is no plan or study that shows closing Guantanamo Bay and moving these terrorists to domestic locations will make America safer. I will use every tool at my disposal to prevent this reckless, illegal plan from moving forward.

I also joined Fox News this afternoon to discuss the President’s plan to move Gitmo detainees to our country. You can watch by clicking the photo below or HERE. 

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Sincerely,

Tim