Posted on 08/27/2006 10:05:12 PM PDT by beaversmom
American Hispanics Rally Behind Border Patrol Officers Facing Prison for Protecting their Communities
Washington, D.C.--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--August 24, 2006--Rampant lawlessness along the U.S.-Mexico border is of great concern to all Americans, but for the people who live in communities along the border, it is a daily threat to their safety and security. For these largely American Hispanic communities, the Border Patrol amounts to an overstressed and outmanned line of protection for communities under siege. In fact, these communities are so overwhelmed by illegal immigrants and the crime that comes with them, that Arizona and New Mexico have been forced to declare states of emergency at critical points over the past few years.
You Don’t Speak for Me! (YDSFM), a national coalition of American Hispanics who favor tighter immigration enforcement, has joined with thousands of other Americans in support of two Border Patrol officers who face as much a 20 years in prison for wounding a Mexican drug smuggler who had assaulted them and then tried to escape. Calling the convictions of Officers Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, “a gross miscarriage of justice,” YDSFM is joining a national campaign to re-open their cases.
“These two officers have become pawns in a political campaign to make sure the laws against illegal immigration in this country are made as difficult as possible to enforce,” charged retired Col. Al Rodriguez, chairman of YDSFM. “If Officers Ramos and Compean had been serving in any police department in America, instead of the Border Patrol, they would have received medals and had their picture taken with the mayor. Instead, they face a possible 20-year prison sentence for upsetting the political interest groups that want to tie the hands of the people who protect our borders.”
YDSFM is part of a national bipartisan coalition that is seeking a federal investigation into the events that led to the convictions of Ramos and Compean. A web site, http://www.justiceforborderpatrol.com has been established to aid the two officers and their families.
YDSFM is also concerned that the chilling effect that the convictions of Ramos and Compean will have on other Border Patrol officers will further endanger innocent people – many American Hispanics – who live with the daily specter of organized crime syndicates running roughshod over their communities. “The people who live in South Texas have become hostages to criminal organizations that use their communities as a gateway to America,” Rodriguez said. “Unfortunately armed militias effectively taking over control of towns and communities does not happen only in Lebanon. It’s happening right here in the United States and this trial will only embolden the criminal militias that terrorize these border communities.”
American Hispanics, especially those who live near the border, overwhelmingly support efforts to increase law enforcement against coyotes, contends YDSFM. “To many people in South Texas, the Border Patrol is the only thing standing between them and the criminal gangs that run everything from drugs, to guns, to human beings across that border. The people who are out there doing battle with these criminals are heroes who deserve our complete support,” Rodriguez concluded.
One last ping for tonight. This one is about Ramos and Compean.
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Previous Compean/Ramos Threads:
Convicted border agent tells his story
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678755/posts
Article dated August 6, 2006 Posted August 6, 2006 by NormsRevenge
Convicted border agent tells his story (A repost)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685226/posts
Article dated August 6, 2006 Posted August 17, 2006 by yoe
2 Border Patrol agents face 20 years in prison (PC BS)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679230/posts
Article dated August 7, 2006 Posted August 7, 2006 by radar101
US Border Patrol Action Alert!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680219/posts
Announcement dated August 7, 2006 Posted August 8, 2006 by Ladycalif
CA: Support for border agents flood in (Letters to Judge on behalf of agents are welcome)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680900/posts
Article dated August 9, 2006 Posted August 9, 2006 by NormsRevenge
Eating Our Own (Joseph Farah On Politically Correct Prosecution Of Nation's Guardians Alert)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680329/posts
Article dated August 9, 2006 Posted August 9, 2006 by goldstategop
PARDON RAMOS & COMPEAN EVENT TOMORROW, 8/12/06 Laguna Niguel
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682192/posts
Announcement dated August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 by Ladycalif
Convicted border agents finding a lot of supporters (Letters to Judge are welcome)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1682903/posts
Article dated August 13, 2006 Posted August 13, 2006 by NormsRevenge
Legal defense fund started for convicted Border Patrol agents
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687488/posts
Article dated August 16, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 by beaversmom
Republicans vow to look into Border Patrol shootings case
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685606/posts
Article dated August 17, 2006 Posted on August 17, 2006 by calcowgirl
CA: Agents' case prompts call for probe (House Judiciary Committee calls for investigation)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685961/posts
Article dated August 18, 2006 Posted August 18, 2006 by NormsRevenge
House committee: Agents' convictions warrant review (BP Agents)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1685979/posts
Article dated August 18, 2006 Posted August 18, 2006 by radar101
JONES URGES PRESIDENT TO INITIATE REVIEW OF CASE AGAINST U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689066/posts
Press Release dated August 21, 2006 Posted August 24, 2006 by beaversmom
Border agents get congressional support (Feinstein asks Senate Judiciary Committee to review case)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688087/posts
Article dated August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 by NormsRevenge
Legislators seek review of border agents' conviction
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688447/posts
Article dated August 23, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 by STARWISE
Sentencing Postponed for Border Agents
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688924/posts
Announcement dated August 23, 2006 Posted August 23, 2006 by dvan
Were these the two guys who shot the running Mexican who left all the pot and then tried to cover it up and didn't report it?
It's good to see the Hispanic community support border security issues. It takes the race card away from DemocRATS
who like to try play it.
SEPT 1 -- KFI Live Broadcast w/Special Guest BP Agent Nacho Ramos
Agents Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean risked their lives defending America and stopped a drug smuggler from bringing 743 pounds of narcotics across the border. You'd think they'd have been given a medal, instead an overzealous Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Kanof rather than bring the drug smuggler to justice, prosecuted these brave agents, and even granted immunity to the drug smuggler in this great miscarriage of justice. You'll learn more about their case during this special live broadcast.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2006
START TIME: 3 PM
END TIME: 7 PM
Ayres Hotel – Ontario Airport
1945 Holt Blvd.
Ontario, CA 91761
Come out and support Border Patrol Agent Ignacio “Nacho” Ramos who is facing twenty years in prison for doing his job. Show the Bush Administration that you support Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean!
Website: FriendsOfTheBorderPatrol.com
The Ultimate Neighborhood Watch
(from email I recieved)
They were accused and found guilty of what you stated. Here's another synopsis as stated in this commentary:
Border officers' case is travesty of justice
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060827/OPINION/60825046/1049
U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, a Bush appointee, prosecuted the agents. In March, a jury found them guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon, discharge of a firearm during a violent crime, obstructing justice, lying about the incident and willfully violating Aldrete-Davila's Fourth Amendment right to be free from illegal seizure.
Wow.
Our Mexicans are telling their Mexicans the facts of life!
Ping
Bush must act. If he does not, the BP is finished.
Can you put me on the pinglist for this, too? This issue interests me, I want to help those guys.
actually it's Americans of Hispanic descent that are telling the Mexicans the facts of life.
The Dims will still play the race card, and will say that the hispanics defending the border agents are rich people who were brainwashed by the "white rich warmongering Republicans"...
I know. What I said was meant to be humorous, given that even the most assimilated Americans of certain Hispanic descent (it must be the country of Mexico, as a matter of fact) still refer to themselves as Mexicans, as a means of distinguishing themselves from idiotic leftist Chicanos, whom they despise and don't seek any identification with.
All my Mexican-Am friends are MEXICANS because they won't put up with anyone calling them Chicanos and they sure as heck don't like Hispanic or Latino. Therefore, they're MEXICANS!
I will do that.
Thanks, BM!
Friends,
Yesterday, The John and Ken Show announced a special live broadcast with special guests, including our honored guest Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos of the El Paso Border Patrol Sector. This is an exclusive public appearance through Friends of the Border Patrol and the John and Ken Show for Southern California.
On behalf of Agents Ramos, Compean, and their families, I want to take a moment and thank everyone for your support. I also want to invite everyone who is a "friend of the border patrol" to come and meet "Nacho" next Friday, September 1, 2006.
Agents Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean risked their lives defending America and stopped a drug smuggler from bringing 743 pounds of narcotics across the border. You'd think they'd have been given a medal, instead an overzealous Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Kanof rather than bring the drug smuggler to justice, prosecuted these brave agents, and even granted immunity to the drug smuggler in this great miscarriage of justice. You'll learn more about their case during this special live broadcast.
Now is your chance to help the agents fight this terrible injustice. Donations can be made in person to assist the agents as we help them fight to clear their good names and reputations and fight for their freedom, and 100% of your donation can be written off your taxes and it goes directly to assist the agents with their legal fees. Visit FriendsOfTheBorderPatrol.com for information on donations, as featured on the Lou Dobbs and John & Ken Shows & sites.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2006
START TIME: 3 PM
END TIME: 7 PM
Ayres Hotel – Ontario Airport
1945 Holt Blvd.
Ontario, CA 91761
Come out and support Border Patrol Agent Ignacio “Nacho” Ramos who is facing twenty years in prison for doing his job. Show the Bush Administration that you support Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean!
Does the GOP run the Executive branch, or not? Does Justice not report to the President? Who does that politically inspired "Homeland Security" agent report to? Is there no accountability?
Yes there is, and I'm going to be the agent of that accountability. I don't think I'm alone. I'll be sitting home on election day, this one, and maybe 2008. The GOP has had it's opportunities, and it's playing politics with National Security, as well as domestic policy.
Bush was bold in 2001 when we needed a bold President. It didn't last very long. After the 2004 election, it was over. Now Bush is nothing more than a far less efficient Nixon. And the GOP Congress??? Absolutely worthless.
You folks have to remember that for at least four of the last six years, the GOP had the number in the House and the Senate to make their imprint on America. We could have had true conservative judges, if Bush would have appointed them, and the GOP had enforced party loyalty. There's a lot that could have been done, e.g. alot committee chairmanships differently, to get by the Democrats stonewalling.
Instead, the GOP has been "standing pat", doing nothing more than they have to, playing ball with corporate special interests, and telling the GOP rank and file (in particular, Christian Conservatives), to shut up and move to the back of the bus.
Yes, the loyal GOPers on this forum will assail my short sightedness, insist that there's nothing worse than a Democrat in the White House, and Democrats running the House and the Senate.
Well, ya know what? I lived through the bad ol' days of Democrat control, and there was very little difference between then and now. I have no more influence on my government than I did when the Democrats ran everything. The country's governmental policies continue to lurch leftward. You'll be rewarded by playing ball with the Democrat left. If you stand up for "right and wrong", for your principles, like these Border Patrol agents did when they tried to enforce the law, you'll get shafted. THAT'S what the GOP means to America today.
Not me. After 32 years, I'm done. I'm out. Bye bye.. GOP. Ya don't need my vote, and I don't need anymore GOP pols in my life.
SFS
What planet have you been living on
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