The administration is looking at a plan to send several captured ISIS fighters to the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, NBC News is reporting.
The possible Guantanamo prisoners include two fighters who took part in the killing of Americans and other Western hostages. The two, Alexandar Amon Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were members of a group of four jihadis. They were dubbed "The Beatles" because of their British accents
Officials also are considering a plan to send hundreds of captured ISIS fighters to an Iraqi prison, after other nations refused to take them.
Despite being held in Iraqi prisons with Iraqi guards, the U.S. might still retain the right to prosecute them, according to NBC News.
But some Democratic lawmakers are opposed to sending new detainees to Guantanamo and maintain those responsible for murdering American should be tried in federal court.
And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. is concerned that sending the militants to Guantanamo would potentially turn them into martyrs, NBC News said.
The prisoners are currently being held by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in an area of Syria.
In May, officials announced the Guantanamo detainee population stood at 40 prisoners. But President Donald Trump had pledged during his campaign to repopulate the prison.
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