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WASHINGTON,
DC
–
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
along
with
four
Senate
colleagues,
today
introduced
a
resolution
formally
rejecting
President
Obama’s
plan
to
transfer
prisoners
from
the
Guantanamo
Bay
detention
facilities
to
an
alternate
location
in
American
communities,
which
is
explicitly
prohibited
by
law.
The
resolution
is
sponsored
by
Senator
Pat
Roberts
(R-Kan.)
and
cosponsored
by
US
Senators
Cory
Gardner
(R-Colo.),
Jerry
Moran
(R-Kansas),
and
Roy
Blunt
(R-Mo.).
“President
Obama
continues
to
show
his
willingness
to
defy
current
law,
Congress
and
the
American
people
in
regards
to
Guantanamo
Bay.
Guantanamo
holds
the
worst
of
the
worst,
and
that’s
where
these
dangerous
terrorists
should
stay.
The
President’s
effort
to
transfer
as
many
detainees
as
possible
out
of
Guantanamo
before
removing
the
remaining
terrorists
to
domestic
soil
is
misguided
and
reckless.
Our
resolution
makes
the
Senate’s
position
clear,
leave
Gitmo
open
and
do
not
send
dangerous
terrorists
to
US
soil.
I’m
proud
to
stand
shoulder
to
shoulder
with
Sens.
Pat
Roberts
(R-Kan.),
Cory
Gardner
(R-Colo.),
Jerry
Moran
(R-Kansas),
and
Roy
Blunt
(R-Mo.)
as
we
continue
to
fight
to
ensure
our
nation
is
safe.”
The
resolution
states
that
the
Senate:
- Rejects
the
“Plan
to
Closing
Guantanamo
Bay
Detention
Facility”
presented
by
the
President
on
February
23,
2016,
to
transfer,
release,
or
assist
in
the
transfer
or
release
of
Guantanamo
Bay
detainees
to
the
United
States
homeland,
in
contravention
of
current
United
States
law
that
explicitly
prohibits
such
transfers
- Finds
that
Guantanamo
Bay
detention
facility
is
the
optimal
location
to
house
dangerous
foreign
enemy
combatants
- Asserts
that
any
potential
transfer
or
release
of
Guantanamo
Bay
detainees
to
the
U.S.
homeland
represents
a
threat
to
United
States
national
security
due
to
the
risk
of
providing
law
of
war
detainees
with
rights
and
protections
under
the
United
States
Constitution,
including
the
potential
for
release
into
the
United
States,
and
particularly,
a
threat
to
the
safety
and
security
of
local
communities
in
the
States
of
Kansas,
Colorado,
and
South
Carolina;
and
- Demands
that
the
President
immediately
abandon
any
ill-conceived
and
illegal
plans
to
transfer
Guantanamo
Bay
detainees
to
the
United
States
homeland
without
explicit
authorization
from
the
United
States
Congress.
Sites
in
South
Carolina,
Kansas,
and
Colorado
have
been
surveyed
as
potential
replacements
for
Guantanamo.
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