Who would be useful people to contact about this? My Senators Budd and Tillis wouldn’t be. My congresswoman Valerie Foushee is an excellent representative, but I’m not sure how much power she has in the scheme of things. Venezuela being what it is, if Gitmo is just a way station it would be extremely important to prove that the young man…
Who would be useful people to contact about this? My Senators Budd and Tillis wouldn’t be. My congresswoman Valerie Foushee is an excellent representative, but I’m not sure how much power she has in the scheme of things. Venezuela being what it is, if Gitmo is just a way station it would be extremely important to prove that the young man isn’t a gang member before he continues on the path of deportation. Is it possible at all for any media to get into Gitmo to see how the prisoners are being treated?
Sarah - I recall that Gitmo was used to house Haitian refugees back in the '90s but rose to its peak fame/infamy as lockup for detainees in our Global War on Terror®️ (GWOT). The Bush admin believed that, as a military base, it would be inaccessible to civilians such as reporters or attorneys unless invited in via the military or high-level executive admin. Supreme Court did extend some due process rights to detainees; every step was hard-won.
The recent immigration detainees are not GWOT-level "threats." ACLU sued a week ago, seeking for the detainees to have access to legal counsel. Just today: "Nearly a third of migrants flown to Guantanamo deemed 'low threat,' DHS says in court filing"
...NOTE the "low level threat" description isn't that of a bleeding heart (like me) but of a U.S. Army colonel in a federal court filing per this news report:
Who would be useful people to contact about this? My Senators Budd and Tillis wouldn’t be. My congresswoman Valerie Foushee is an excellent representative, but I’m not sure how much power she has in the scheme of things. Venezuela being what it is, if Gitmo is just a way station it would be extremely important to prove that the young man isn’t a gang member before he continues on the path of deportation. Is it possible at all for any media to get into Gitmo to see how the prisoners are being treated?
Sarah - I recall that Gitmo was used to house Haitian refugees back in the '90s but rose to its peak fame/infamy as lockup for detainees in our Global War on Terror®️ (GWOT). The Bush admin believed that, as a military base, it would be inaccessible to civilians such as reporters or attorneys unless invited in via the military or high-level executive admin. Supreme Court did extend some due process rights to detainees; every step was hard-won.
The recent immigration detainees are not GWOT-level "threats." ACLU sued a week ago, seeking for the detainees to have access to legal counsel. Just today: "Nearly a third of migrants flown to Guantanamo deemed 'low threat,' DHS says in court filing"
...NOTE the "low level threat" description isn't that of a bleeding heart (like me) but of a U.S. Army colonel in a federal court filing per this news report:
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/federal-fallout/nearly-a-third-of-migrants-flown-to-guantanamo-bay-deemed-low-threat-dhs-says-in-court-filing-donald-trump-kristi-noem-immigration-venezuela/65-a747aee6-37e3-4a9f-be73-f9ecf0ed3c1e