Over half of Americans oppose closing Guantanamo: poll

Over half of U.S. adults oppose President Obama’s plan to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a new poll.

Fifty-six percent of those surveyed for a CNN/ORC poll released Friday said the facility should continue to operate. Forty percent said they want the center closed and three percent had no opinion on the matter.

The poll also found that most Americans are not concerned with Cuba being the site of the prison facility and they do not see the communist country as a threat to the U.S.

Forty-seven percent of respondents said the island posed “no threat at all” to the U.S.

Seven percent said they considered Cuba a “very serious threat,” while 22 percent called it a “moderately serious threat.” Another 22 percent said the island posed “just a slight threat.”

The results comes just two weeks after President Obama sent his plans to close the facility to Congress in an attempt to fulfill his 2008 campaign promise.

GOP lawmakers rejected the plan, saying it skimped on details and raised the possibility of having dangerous terrorists on U.S. soil.

There are currently 91 detainees remaining at the facility, down from 242 at the start of Mr. Obama’s first term.