ATLANTA – The Georgia House has a message for President Barack Obama: we don’t want prisoners from Guantanamo Bay.
The chamber approved the measure by a 116-47 vote Wednesday night urging officials in Washington not to locate the terrorism suspects within Georgia borders. The measure was sponsored by Rep. Tony Sellier, a Fort Valley Republican.
There are no plans to move Guantanamo prisoners to Georgia.
Efforts are underway to house them at unused prison in northwestern Illinois.
Obama promised during the 2008 campaign to close the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba but that has yet to do so.