President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced fresh plans to close the military detention camp at Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba.
The White House remains skeptical that Congress will approve the plans, having repeatedly blocked efforts to close the facility.
Regarding the opposition in Congress to transferring inmates stateside, Obama said that terrorists were already being held in US prisons.
He urged Congress to give his proposal “a fair hearing” and said he did not want to pass the problem on to his successor in the White House.
The proposal will include the transfer of around two-thirds of the 91 remaining inmates to stateside facilities – a move strongly opposed by the Republican-controlled Congress.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/02/23/inenglish/1456228422_837618.html
