Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan said today that Republicans, who hold the majority, have taken legal action to prevent President Barack Obama from closing the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Ryan told reporters that Republican lawmakers have enough votes to block Obama's plan in Congress and pre-empt a presidential veto.
He said that the Republicans "undertook all necessary legal preparations" to ensure that the prison remains open and that terrorism suspects are not transferred from it to US territory.
Under Obama's plan, about 35 of the 81 Guantanamo detainees will be transferred to other countries in the coming months, while the rest will be tried by military courts or deemed too dangerous to be released, but will not face charges. Those prisoners should be transferred to US prisons.
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