Thomson Illinois Residents Welcome Gitmo Detainees: 'It Would Help The Businesses Here'

Thomson Illinois Residents Welcome Gitmo Detainees: 'It Would Help The Businesses Here'
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News that the federal government seems interested in transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Thomson Correctional Center was greeted warmly in this small, rural farm town along the Iowa border.

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