For our Perilous Times project, I am looking at civil liberties with the Guantanamo Bay issue, so this article caught my eye. However, this article doesn't have to do with the inmates civil liberties, but rather where to put them. For some background, the government is trying to shut down Gitmo (Guantanamo Bay), but no one in the US wants suspected terrorist in their state. Obama has found a new state of the art, maximum security prison in Thomson, IL. The prison has been vacant for years and the less than 600 population of Thomson would be happy to see the detainees come in. It would bring jobs and really boost their economy. But Illinois officials do not want the detainees to come to the state because they believe al'Qaida will target Chicago. There is no simple answer, with over 200 detainees. Some wonder if they should put them all in the same spot, or different prisons. There is talk of freeing the detainees but that is a whole other question. There's a lot of questions and other legistics but there is one question which seems to be a most controversy:
This town could use this prison, and it is the perfect facility, but Illinois officials say is that worth national security?
Our elected officials can't even figure out what to do, so just give your opinion.
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