Congressman McClintock Urges President to Pardon Border Patrol Agents Compean and Ramos
Remarks by Congressman Tom McClintock
House Floor
January 14, 2009
Mr. Speaker:
I rise today to express my hope that this President will not leave office before using his pardon to correct one of the great injustices of our time: the imprisonment of Border Patrol officers Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. They’re the officers who wounded a drug smuggler as he tried to escape. The drug smuggler got immunity; Ramos and Compean got lengthy prison sentences.
This injustice sends a chilling message to Border Patrol officers who are heroically trying to defend the integrity of our borders against enormous odds and with inadequate resources.
It cannot be allowed to stand.