These do issues have nothing to do with each other. I agree, we need to close the border. I have said that OVER and OVER.
This has nothing to do with that. These guys broke the law, then tried to cover it up.
| For Immediate Release July 2, 2007 |
CONTACT: Joe Kasper (202) 225-5672 |
| HUNTER TO PRESIDENT: “PARDON OUR BORDER PATROLMEN” | ||
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Washington, D.C. – Tonight, U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) made the following statement regarding President Bush’s decision to commute the prison sentence of former aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby, while refusing to grant a pardon to convicted Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos: “If the President of the United States is going to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby, he should immediately accompany that with a pardon for Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos. Agents Compean and Ramos have been sentenced to 11 and 12 years in federal prison, respectively, for wounding a drug smuggler who was bringing 750 pounds of drugs across the border from Mexico. “If Scooter Libby is going to receive this treatment, and there very well could be a compelling reason for the President’s actions, agents Compean and Ramos should then be provided a full pardon. “Mr. President, pardon our Border Patrolmen.” NOTE: Congressman Hunter introduced legislation, H.R. 563, to pardon agents Compean and Ramos. H.R. 563 presently has 100 cosponsors. |