At first I couldn't believe Bush would let this happen. Now I'm thinking he's sending a message, "Don't mess with illegals."
When it comes to the issue of illegal immigration and border security, Bush is a bigger disgrace than Clinton.
Group Calls for Pardon of Convicted Border Patrol Agents
(CNSNews.com) - A grassroots group is present more than 155,000 petitions from citizens demanding that President Bush pardon two U.S. border agents set to begin serving time for shooting a suspected Mexican drug smuggler. Grassfire.org will join Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) and present the petitions on Thursday in Santa Ana, Calif., during a 1:30 pm (Pacific time) news conference. Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were sentenced to 11 to 12 years for shooting Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, an illegal alien, as he fled back to Mexico after trying to deliver 743 pounds of marijuana inside the U.S. "Because of the actions of these two agents, more than a million dollars in illegal drugs were stopped from being sold to our children. Bringing felony charges against them is simply outrageous," Steve Elliott, president of Grassfire.org, said in a statement. "These men stood heroically for us at the border, and now it is our opportunity to stand up for them." The group has also launched a fax campaign to key lawmakers that led to more than 15,000 faxes flooding key offices, including the White House and U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. "Thursday's press conference is a last chance effort to motivate President Bush to do the right thing and pardon these men who have been victimized by our legal system," Elliott said. See Earlier Story