Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Border agents 24 hours from prison for doing their job

Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are just 24 hours
from reporting to federal prison to serve 11 and 12 years for
their attempt to apprehend an illegal alien drug smuggler.

Last week, Ron De Jong and I had the privilege of meeting
Jose Compean and his wife while presenting 225,000 petitions
to members of Congress on Capitol Hill. The Compeans expressed
their heartfelt thanks for everything you have done in signing
this petition, making phone calls, faxes, etc.
Would you take up their cause again today and make yet
another round of phone calls?
Here is a list of calls:
The White House: 202-456-1414
Justice Department: 202-514-2001
Washington Sen. Cantwell (202) 224-3441
Washington Sen. Murray (202) 224-2621

The only official word from the White House came through
Spokesman Tony Snow last week who gave no indication that
the President is considering taking action.

There is so much at stake here, first for these two agents
and their families who have already paid such a high price,
and secondly for our nation.

In the minds of millions of Americans, if these men go to
jail this President will have sided with an illegal
alien drug smuggler instead of the men and
women who are literally standing on the wall
protecting our nation's borders.

For photos from our delivery, my interview with Agent Ramos
and other resources, go here:
http://www.grassfire.net/r.asp?u=1272&rid=12052401

By the way, we've added another 25,000 petition signers since our
delivery to Congress just a few days ago! Citizen outrage
continues to build. If you have friends who want to take action,
urge them to sign the petition here:
http://www.grassfire.org/142/petition.asp?PID=12052401

Thank you for the stand you are taking.

Steve Elliott, President
Grassfire.org Alliance

2 comments:

Ruth said...

It took me a bit to understand the whole of what is happening here --probably because it is so entirely absurd! After physical assault and knowledge of drug-trafficking, aren't border officials OBLIGATED to prevent entry? How incredibly messed up!

Missy(Andrea) said...

Awwww I'm the Rose! lol
I've had a lot of nicknames before but The Rose is a new one. I like it.
I forgot about the rose.
I teased you with that for months!
That was soooo much fun! :)

Thanks Raphael!