Free Republic

A jailed Border Patrol agent who has become a cause célèbre for those seeking tougher border enforcement and controls on immigration allegedly was beaten by fellow inmates last week. The incident has caused Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) to renew his demand that two incarcerated agents, of whom the victim of the alleged attack is one, receive a presidential pardon. Tancredo called the alleged attack "an atrocity" and blamed it on the Bush administration. Ignacio Ramos is one of two Border Patrol agents who each received prison sentences of more than a decade for shooting at a fleeing drug-smuggling suspect at...