February 9, 2007 – 10:29 am
From CNS News The U.S. Senate is set to launch an investigation into why an imprisoned former Border Patrol agent who should have had special protection was assaulted by four other inmates. The investigation will also look at the entire controversial case of two border agents who were convicted and jailed after shooting a suspected […]
February 8, 2007 – 9:04 pm
I'm going to simply excerpt from the Grassfire.org email from Steve Elliot, Grassfire president While Ron De Jong and I were presenting 304,000 citizen petitionsto Rep. Rohrabacher on Capitol Hill, we were shocked when the Congressman informed us that the Department of Homeland Security(DHS) had admitted to members of Congress… …that they had lied to […]
February 8, 2007 – 7:16 am
Seriously. Read on, McDuff (from CNS News) Weeks after accusing President Bush of "shameful" behavior over the imprisonment of two Border Patrol agents who shot an unarmed suspected drug smuggler along the U.S.-Mexico border, a federal lawmaker turned up the heat further Wednesday, suggesting the president should be impeached if either of the two men […]
February 7, 2007 – 8:19 am
Well, it is Wednesday, but it is not happy. And George Bush could have stopped this (from a Grassfire.net news release) Chesapeake, VA — Former Border Agent Ignacio “Nacho” Ramos was brutally attacked by as many as five inmates on Saturday evening (2/3) following the airing of an America’s Most Wanted segment featuring both Ramos […]
January 30, 2007 – 7:51 am
However, it sounds to me like they are just stalling. Had Bush pulled this prior to the 2004 elections, we would be calling John Kerry "Mr. President" (from World Net Daily) Amid growing criticism from congressmen and activists of its handling of the prosecution of two Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, […]
January 24, 2007 – 12:31 pm
See that button on the right side about pardoning the border agents? If you haven't filled out the petition, please do so, because it seems as if the agents were prosecuted using the wrong law What crime is committed when two Border Patrol agents shoot in the buttocks a fleeing drug smuggler who has abandoned […]
January 20, 2007 – 7:21 am
This could be very good news for Border Agents Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos, as well as Border Agents who are will be afraid of being arrested for doing their jobs President George W. Bush left open the possibility of a pardon for two U.S. Border Patrol agents serving federal prison sentences for shooting […]
January 19, 2007 – 12:46 pm
You have to love when a pissant country like Mexico is taking potshots at the US (from the Guardian) The Mexican government sent a diplomatic note to the United States on Tuesday protesting the fatal shooting of a Mexican immigrant by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The note, presented by the Mexican Embassy in Washington, […]
January 17, 2007 – 8:32 am
In my email from Steve Elliott, president of Grassfire.org: Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are just 24 hoursfrom reporting to federal prison to serve 11 and 12 years fortheir attempt to apprehend an illegal alien drug smuggler. Last week, Ron De Jong and I had the privilege of meetingJose Compean and his wife […]
January 10, 2007 – 5:44 pm
Just received an email, like many of you, from Grassfire regarding the two border agents who were convicted for persuing, shooting, and arresting a drug smuggler, who happened to be an illegal alien Ron De Jong (our Communications Director) and I are on Capitol Hill today for a major press conference with members of Congress […]
