Destroying the morale of the border patrol.Months ago e-mail started saying that two Border Patrol agents were in big trouble for shooting a fleeing Mexican national. I thought, "Good, serves 'em right. Just because they're big-shot government men doesn't give 'em a license to shoot a man even when he's crossing the border." A fundraising letter came to me, begging for help to keep Ignacio Ramos Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos is a former United States Border Patrol Agent, who shot an unarmed illegal alien and drug smuggler on the United States–Mexico border. He was convicted of causing serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to and Jose Compean José Alonso Compeán is a former United States Border Patrol Agent, convicted of shooting at an unarmed illegal alien drug smuggler on the United States–Mexico border on February 17, 2005 and "obstructing justice by willfully defacing the crime scene". out of prison. I answered that it was actually a good thing for the government to control and discipline its operatives so they don't act like Nazis. This would get the word out that not even armed "public servants" are above the law. Now the February 19, 2007 issue of THE NEW AMERICAN came. The cover and 12 pages of photos and text give a great deal of background to this story and the related issues. The Mexican national was not just a man looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a job. He had a million dollars' worth of marijuana in his van. He fought the Border Patrol. They didn't even know they had shot him because he kept running until he was clear out of their sight. The government invited him to come back into the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. for medical treatment (you know who is paying for that). The article in ThE NEW AMERICAN changed my mind. The same government that consistently refuses to control the borders now deliberately cripples the morale of the Border Patrol. Ramos was sentenced to 11 years and Compean to 12. They are in prison right now. Just to make sure that all the men and women of the United States Border Patrol get the message that they must no longer make any meaningful attempt to control the border, Ramos and Compean were sent to federal prisons in Mississippi and Ohio--far, far away from their families. It will work, too. You will be able to watch it come to pass: our national borders now mean no more than city limits. Nobody will even pay attention to them on the way through. And the remaining, demoralized de·mor·al·ize tr.v. de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing, de·mor·al·iz·es 1. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff. , weakened Border Patrol agents will be very careful not to even notice the flood of illegal immigrants illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) , because now they know that our Beloved Leaders really, really don't want them stopped. GLENN JACOBS Eagar, Arizona Eagar is a town in Apache County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 4,126.[1] Geography Eagar is located at (34.106703, -109. |
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