* Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, the Obama Administration has announced its plan to transfer 75 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States.
* The Administration claims that transferring these detainees from Guantanamo Bay will somehow lessen al Qaeda's desire to attack America. But a change in location of detainees is not going to reduce terrorists' hatred of America.
* However, the transfer of any Gitmo detainee to the U.S. will give them additional constitutional rights, making it harder for prosecutors to obtain convictions.
* The Administration claims that it can detain these terrorists indefinitely. But many agree this is an impossible goal. Civil liberties groups were quick to point out that indefinite detention inside the United States without a trial is little more than a change in zipcode.
* It is clear to all but those in the Administration that this decision will likely result in the almost immediate challenge to detention as soon as these terrorists arrive in Illinois.
* The Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, not a prison in America's heartland is the right place for terrorists.