No Catch and Release for Dangerous Detainees - Week 2

The No Catch and Release movement is picking up steam this week.

For starters, Anthony Stackpoole of the Michigan Republican State Committee endorsed the plan, along with Dr. Bill Smith of the ARRA News Service.

Additionally, there is a push for movement participants to call Rep. Lamar Smith this week at his Washington, DC, office and thank him for introducing HR 630, the Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act. HR 630 prohibits a federal court from ordering the government to bring enemy combatants into the U.S. and ensures that an alien captured and detained abroad during wartime cannot be admitted and released in the U.S.

We are asking people to call Rep. Smith at 202-225-4236 on Friday, thank him for his leadership on HR 630, and ask him to endorse the No Catch and Release petition at www.studentsforvictory.com/savelives. 202-225-4236

The No Catch and Release petition calls for President Obama to listen to the majority of the American people (52 to 42 in a recent Opinion Dynamics poll) who are against transferring Guantanamo detainees to the United States, and prevent such a transfer.  The Enemy Combatant Detention Review Act puts this key No Catch and Release principle into practice, and for that the bill deserves our support.

So far, there does not seem to be any plan for consideration of HR 630 by the House of Representatives, despite evidence of the bill's public support. This underscores the importance of taking action on this issue before it is too late.

We will keep you posted as things develop.