On Jan. 11, the six-year anniversary of the internment of the first “enemy combatant” at Guantanamo Bay, Congressman Jose Serrano called for the prison’s closure.
“Holding people indefinitely without normal legal rights and protections at Guantanamo stains the honor of our proud nation,” Serrano said. “It is long past time to close the complex and transfer the prisoners there into the regular legal system, where they can be charged, tried and perhaps convicted. To do otherwise is shameful and a dishonor to our nation’s deeply held beliefs about liberty and the role of our government.”
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