January 11, 2024 marks 22 years since the opening of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Organize or join a vigil, and encourage members of your community to ask President Biden to transfer the 16 men cleared for release from the prison.

Nearly twenty-two years after it opened, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay remains a symbol of our nation's use of torture, and a place where even now, over a decade after they were first captured; most of the remaining prisoners have never been charged or tried for any crime. The prison at Guantanamo Bay costs approximately than $13 million per prisoner per year to operate, and is both immoral and counterproductive to our national interests. Former President Bush and former President Obama both agreed that the prison at Guantanamo should be closed. Today, though, it remains open, and the prisoners there are increasingly losing hope of ever leaving.

President Biden has committed to closing Guantanamo and ending the indefinite detention of the people held there. We have a real chance to finally move forward from this unfortunate chapter of U.S. history - but to do that we must hold President Biden to his word.

You can help. Get involved and take action today.