WASHINGTON AP – A federal appeals court seemed reluctant on Monday to release 17 Turkic Muslims being held without charges at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, questioning whether judges rather than a president can order their freedom into the United States.
In a showdown over presidential power, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said a judge might have gone too far last month in ordering the U.S. entry of the 17 men, known as Uighurs WEE’-gurz. The three judges suggested the detainees might need to formally apply via the Homeland Security Department, which administers U.S. immigration laws.
