Padilla Urges President Biden to Swiftly Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
February 09, 2024
February 09, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and 15 Senate Democrats urged President Biden to act swiftly to finally close the detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Senators wrote that the detention facility is a symbol of lawlessness and human rights abuses and continues to harm U.S. national security by serving as a propaganda tool for . . .
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and 15 Senate Democrats urged President Biden to act swiftly to finally close the detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Senators wrote that the detention facility is a symbol of lawlessness and human rights abuses and continues to harm U.S. national security by serving as a propaganda tool for . . .