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This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that members of the Islamic State group (aka ISIL or ISIS) who are captured during U.S. operations against the organization should be detained at the naval facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

That assertion is based on ISIL’s declaration of war against the U.S. and that ongoing American combat operations will likely lead to the capture of ISIL fighters. It further notes that detaining members of ISIL at Guantanamo Bay would be consistent with the facility’s history as it was used to detain international terrorism suspects in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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