Posted on 04/27/2016 2:18:13 PM PDT by jazusamo
State and local officials opposed to President Obama’s plan to transfer terrorism detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the mainland U.S. will get a platform to air their concerns Thursday during a House hearing.
Republican Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina is among the witnesses who will testify in opposition to the administration’s plan, at the session held by the Homeland Security’s oversight subcommittee. South Carolina is one of the states where the administration is considering transferring detainees, a plan that would need to be approved by a deeply skeptical Congress.
Mr. Obama, whose campaign pledge to close the prison is one of his biggest unfulfilled promises, has been steadily reducing the prison population at Gitmo by transferring detainees to other countries willing to accept them. The prison, which once held more than 600 terror suspects, how holds around 80 detainees.
Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Republican, said Mr. Obama is ignoring the will of the American public who believe his plan is “dangerous.”
“Over 30 percent of Guantanamo detainees released to date have returned to the battlefield to possibly kill more Americans,” Mr. Perry said. “The American people rightfully do not want these terrorists transferred to the homeland plain and simple.”
He said the panel will hear from “state and local officials on the potential impact of transferring these hardened terrorists into the backyards of the communities they have sworn to protect.”
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I heard it was part of Linda Graham Middle East Marshall Plan.
Don’t doubt it, Linda’s worthless.
Tell the GOPw if they don’t stop the plan, they will hand the election to Donald Trump. That should scare them more than the detainees would.
Put the Gitmo releasees up at Bammy’s Chiraq house...
States convention will only work for those that abide by the Constitution, and NONE of our "representatives" do. Like all tyrannical despots, it is gonna take military action to drain the swamp.
“Over 30 percent of Guantanamo detainees released to date have returned to the battlefield to possibly kill more Americans,”
We used to call stuff like this TREASON, but Isn’t it still Accessory To Murder regardless of how you look at it???
12 feet of rope could fix most of our problems.
Agreed, and I would say an accessory at the very least.
What part of “it’s illegal to bring them here” doesn’t this A-hole understand!
Maybe they live with Obama and the Misses after he gets the boot from the White House
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