Because Odumba would need to build a new facility or retrofit a military base somewhere to move them too.
I’m half suspicious that the administration encouraged the stripping of the original request behind the scenes and this new request is just more political theater for the foaming at the mouth left because the WH and the smarter dems realize that closing Gitmo is permanent political death if even one former detainee creates a disturbance of any kind on US soil.
If an unemployed Ughar commits armed robbery or gets drunk and shoots up his apartment the proverbial you know what will hit the fan and spray the democrat party with excrement.
I do not think Obama cares about the demokrats political future.