[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1448-1449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NO JUSTICE FOR BORDER PATROL

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, today Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Jose 
Compean turned themselves in to begin serving their 11- and 12-year 
prison terms. Now, what was their crime? Shooting a habitual drug 
smuggler after he evaded law enforcement, attacked one of the agents 
and threateningly turned to the agent with what appeared to be a gun, 
and was fleeing back across the border.
  Now, how is this justice, Mr. Speaker?
  Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Kanof even went to Mexico to find this 
drug dealer, brought him to America, paid for his medical treatment in 
an El Paso hospital with taxpayers' dollars and gave him immunity to 
testify against the agents.
  The unreasonable sentence of these agents undermines the morale and 
makes all of them question what they are doing, do they have the right 
to draw their firearm in the course of their duty.
  This is an outrage. I urge President Bush to review this draconian 
prison sentence.

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