Because you’ll have to override a veto, and it will never happen if you decriminalize it altogether. Actually, you would have a better chance if you make the misdemeanor apply only to incidents where the alien was not killed. Make it retroactive. That’s all that would be required to get these guys out of jail.
“If Congress were really behind these two, they would retaliate against the Administration and the courts by reducing the penalty for a border control officer shooting, even killing an illegal immigrant entering the US down to a misdemeanor.”
But the fact that Congress and POTUS are avoiding this issue of pardoning the two BP agents means that both sides are scared witless and have no idea what to do...Both parties need the Hispanic Vote and neither wants to rock the boat..POTUS needs to glue the cojones back on, grant pardons to the BP Agents and tell the Reps to get a working bill together to straighten out the illegal alien mess..It Just might gain votes for the Reps next November..