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

yes Yes, it is a very good place for transitioning people. Not to be holding them as prisoners, of course, but providing safety while their eventual expatriation can be best ascertained.

Frederick Ward, Los Gatos, CA

yes Just until they are admitted and processed

Submitted by SMS

no are more human methods of handling incarceration or criminals in the system

Submitted by SMS

no Refugees were treated like prisoners. They should have been given political asylum and flown to the US.

raymond love, orlando, FL

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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.