U.S. Officials Consider Illinois Prison to House Detainees
312 views · Published 23 November 2009 · 2:34 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
When President Barack Obama announced he planned to close the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that raised the question -- where to send the facilities' terrorist suspects. Lawmakers in several states with suitable facilities say they don't want them. But as VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports, some lawmakers and residents in tiny Thomson, Illinois hope the detainees end up in their town.
