[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 113 (Wednesday, September 13, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      BETRAYED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the battle on the second front continues, and 
the U.S. Government shows it is on the wrong side of the border war.
  Two border patrol agents named Ramos and Compean chased a drug dealer 
down on the Mexico-Texas border. Gun shots were exchanged. The drug 
smuggler fled back to safety in Mexico, leaving his van and 800 pounds 
of dope on the American side.
  The U.S. decided to prosecute. The U.S. Attorney went to Mexico, 
found the drug dealer, took him to America, treated his bullet wounds, 
and then, get this, gave him immunity to testify against agents Compean 
and Ramos for their shooting him, the criminal.
  Both border agents were convicted by an overzealous prosecutor that 
was looking for pelts in her belt. She appeared to have more loyalty to 
Mexico than to America because she was on the wrong side.
  Both agents await sentencing. The two border agents should have been 
given medals and sent back down to the border to bag another drug 
dealer instead of being prosecuted.
  Yet another example of how our government is more concerned about 
illegals and drug dealers than they are about America and Americans.
  And that's just the way it is.

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