On the recordJuly 23, 2013
The military commission system for trying these detainees is not working.
Source
congress.govThe military commission system for trying these detainees is not working.
Durbin highlights the inefficiency of military commissions compared to federal courts.
Share
More from Dick Durbin
Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.
Changes of this magnitude with no discernible justification must be scrutinized.
The lowering of the FBI's hiring standards "threaten[s] to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau's integrity.
To leave here without this being a law finalized to protect these young people … is painful, really painful. I don’t want them to feel like I’m abandoning them.