Posted on 12/22/2006 4:58:51 AM PST by radar101
Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos embraced his wife, Monica Ramos, on Tuesday, two days before he is set to be sentenced. Ramos could receive up to 15 years in prison for shooting a drug smuggler who was entering the United States illegally. (Mark Lambie / El Paso Times)
After the injustice perpetrated upon Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who in their right mind would even consider pursuing a career as a United States border agent? Additionally, are there any current border agents familiar with this incredibly tragic story who will not pause to reflect, as they spy illegals entering the U.S. from Mexico, what performing their job might net themserious jail time? I wouldnt blame them. I will blame our president.
But this is what George Bush, and all those who agree with him, wantsopen borders and free access to cheap labor. Because he is a short-sighted and unintelligent man, he desperately wishes to devalue American schools, shut down our emergency rooms, and generally spread the 3rd world throughout this countrythis country that is doomed to die from the inside out as if were one giant rotten apple. The old adage states that Rome wasnt built in a day. It also wasnt destroyed in a day. It died under the overwhelming weight of immigrants it simply wasnt able to adequately accommodate. It became rotten.
Bush has expressed his desire to grant amnesty to the already 20 million illegal aliens currently residing in the United States. If were truly at 20 million (everyone agrees no lower than 12 million), then the number of illegal aliens residing in this country is far more than all of the Germans, Italians, Irish, and Jews who ever came to American in the 400 years of our history on this continent.* In the same vein, according to research conducted by Time magazine, the number of illegal aliens flooding into the U.S. this year will total 3 millionenough to fill 22,000 Boeing 737-700 aircraft, or 60 flights every day for a year.
Pushing aside ideas of MEChA and Aztlan, if youre one who doesnt believe we are being invaded then youre a moron. If youre too worried that you might step out of the boundaries of political correctness and be labeled a racist then youre a coward. Both ways, youre simply ignorant, and this country will cave in upon itself from the weight of the ever growing illegal population.
This is not an issue of racism unless certain unsavory groups or peoples make it that way. I dont blame poor Mexicans their desire, their need to break our immigration laws and try to make better lives for themselves in the United States. I blame our impotent administration for failing to secure our borders. While the analogy may not be all that flattering, equating America to the Roman Empire, at least in this respect, is not far off the target. And like all once mighty empires, the United States will fall, but not from wars. We will fall because our government refuses to address the issue that is slowly killing usillegal immigration.
It all starts at the border. Go ahead, refuse to secure it. Neuter our border agents and send them to jail for doing the right thing, and that will be the beginning of the end. Am I overreacting? Ignacio Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean, good hardworking family men and former border patrol agents, will be sentenced this Thursday, October 19th, to no less than 10 years in a maximum security prison for doing their jobs.
This is a travesty. It is a severe injustice. It fills me with shame that my government would allow this to happen. It fills me with a great sadness for these two men and their families who will be without husbands, fathers, and sons for potentially the rest of their lives. This must not be allowed.
Shame on George Bush. Shame on Michael Chertoff. Shame on Alberto Gonzales. Shame on Debra Kanof.
PLEASE CALL THE WHITE HOUSE OR SEND EMAIL.
comments@whitehouse.gov
The White House line is very busy today.
George Bush has already given out 137 pardons during his Presidency. These men need to be pardoned before Christmas.
They shouldn't have to petition (beg) for a pardon for a conviction that should never have taken place. Our illustrious leader should grant the pardon and thank the agents on behalf of a grateful nation for protecting our nation's sovereignty with their lives.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1757336/posts
Bush pardons 16, commutes sentence in drug case
If these agents had been caught smuggling drugs they might have a chance!
Johnny Sutton, US Attorney responsible for this.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txw/us_attorney/index.html
Mr. Sutton also serves as the chairman of the Attorney Generals Advisory Committee (AGAC) which plays a significant role in determining policies and programs of the Department and in carrying out the national goals set by the President and the Attorney General. The AGAC consists of 17 members appointed by the Attorney General and represents different judicial circuits, various-sized offices, and expertise. Mr. Sutton also serves on the Border and Immigration Law Enforcement Subcommittee of the AGAC.
US Attorney Johnny SuttonPrior to becoming United States Attorney, Mr. Sutton served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as a Policy Coordinator for the Bush-Cheney Transition Team assigned to the Department of Justice.
Mr. Sutton served as the Criminal Justice Policy Director for then-Governor George W. Bush from 1995-2000, advising the Governor on all criminal justice issues,* with specific oversight in the areas of criminal law, prison capacity and management, parole operations and legislative initiatives. Prior to his service in the Governors office, Mr. Sutton worked as a criminal trial prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorneys Office (Houston, Texas) for eight years.
As a prosecutor, he was lead trial counsel in over sixty felony cases, including numerous capital murder, aggravated robbery, and sexual assault cases. He is fluent in Spanish, having appeared as a television commentator for the Spanish language network Univision during the Selena homicide trial.
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Let's keeped this bumped up today. I emailed the White House and sent information to some of the News Shows. I tried calling the White House but couldn't get through.
comments@whitehouse.gov
vice_president@whitehouse.gov
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461
I don't want to see these men forgotten.
I didn't know until this morning that there is a grassfire petition being delivered to the White House. I'll try and find it.
Good for you!
These agents don't have a chance in prison. 25 to 33% incarcerated are illegal aliens, many in gangs.
Great. I never even thought of that aspect.
Here's another take on this story.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txw/press_releases/2006/compeanramosfinal.pdf
Thanks!
Anyone here who has a ping list of activists on other threads might think about getting them to start calling today and sending them a link to this thread.
I think we need to call the talk shows on television and the radio, especially today.
These men deserve a Christmas pardon!
I too think there is more to this story, but I can't find anything on it except the rah-rah stuff. Truth or Fiction mentions it a little in the link below.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/border-agents.htm
Thank you. This is what I was looking for. It would appear that these two deserve to be in jail.
Please share with us what you think is so condemning. Then see post #22. Jurors disagree.
Here is an interview on video of Compean. http://hecubus.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/interview-with-border-agent-jose-compean-on-cnn/
It turns out we don't know the half of it. Look at this link that e_castillo posted, if we had known the truth about this case, this thread would not even had been posted. Someone needs to post the text from this PDF.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txw/press_releases/2006/compeanramosfinal.pdf
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