Washington, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The rejection of US Congress members to buy an Illinois prison to relocate detainees at Guantanamo naval base can delay the closure of the prison, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
The administration of Barack Obama is struggling to come up with the money to replace the Guantanamo Bay prison, but the Republican opposition and moderated democrats are refused to it as they consider dangerous the transfer of alleged terrorists to domestic soil.
As a result of this, officials now believe that they are unlikely to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer its population of terrorism suspects until 2011 at the earliest.
Obama was hopeful with the idea of transfering Guanatamo detainees to an Illinois prison, but lawmakers and experts consider that it could take 8 or 10 months to install new fencing, towers, cameras and other security upgrades before any transfers take place.
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