MPR News confirmed eight Somali men are being held at Guantanamo Bay. This comes after MPR News correspondent Matt Sepic reported on the situation. He had a brief conversation with Adam Abdullah, who was living legally in the Twin Cities when he was detained in December, at the start of Operation Metro Surge.
After officials moved him to Kentucky and Louisiana, he was told he was being sent to Somalia but instead is being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
MPR News host Clay Masters spoke with Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith on All Things Considered to about what happened. Sen. Smith said there have been discussions about the use of Guantanamo Bay amid the White House’s immigration crackdown.
“The administration says we send the worst of the worst to Guantanamo,” Smith said. “Yet in the case of Mr. Abdullah, there has been no evidence presented about what he has done, no explanation for why he has been detained. I mean, there is really has been no due process.”
Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.
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