Should the government use GTMO for refugees in the future?
Your Answers
34% Yes
66% No

yes The government should use GTMO for refugees in the future because it is already a location that is pretty well developed. The process to make another place will be costly and just doesn't make sense at this current time. I am thinking about it for the fact that is already a developed area.

LGST 1010, New Orleans, LA

yes Although I would prefer not, since my family was evacuated during the Haitian refugee situation, I do see the need for a place off shore for holding and processing refugees so as not to overrun the country. And you people who were never there have NO idea how well the refugees had/have it!!!

Karen Usiak, Bealeton, VA

no GTMO should return to its role as the ideal place for Fleet Training.

John Kellett, MOUNT WOLF, PA

no it has been used too many times before to no good end

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This Week in Guantánamo: 2015 and 2007

February 19, 2015: Former GTMO detainee David Hicks wins a legal challenge against a conviction of providing material support for terrorism. His ‘guilty’ finding is dismissed. Hicks describes ongoing medical problems as a result of his time at GTMO.

March 30, 2007: David Hicks becomes the first GTMO War on Terror detainee to be convicted. He is sentenced to 9 months in jail, to be served in his home country of Australia.