The White House
announced on Friday that President Bush will meet with
President-elect Felipe Calderon of Mexico in a couple of
weeks. In the statement announcing the visit, they say that
the two will, "discuss a range of global, regional, and
bilateral issues,
 including... competitiveness, free trade,
economic growth, and security in North America."
Does anyone else
notice the one thing not mentioned here? I grew up in an
alcoholic family so I recognize the disease. The Real Story
is that there's an 800 pound gorilla in the room and her
name is illegal immigration. Anybody else want to recognize
it?
Today, instead
of talking about the typical illegal immigration issues, I
want to update you on a story about Jose Compean and Ignacio
Ramos, two U.S. border patrol agents, that I first brought
you a few weeks ago.
In early 2005,
they were in pursuit of an illegal immigrant, who was also a
suspected Mexican drug smuggler, when the suspect suddenly
ditched his van near a canal and began to flee on foot.
Agent Ramos, who was behind his partner, hears guns shots up
ahead; sees his partner down on the ground and then, through
the dust, sees the suspect turn around with what looks like
a gun. Ramos fires at him; the suspect flees; and the two
agents head back to the road to search the van.
Inside they
found 743 pounds of marijuana. Two weeks later, a Department
of Homeland Security investigator tracked down the drug
smuggler in Mexico and offered him full immunity in exchange
for testifying against the Border Patrol agents who shot at
him. Turns out the smuggler had been hit by Agent Ramos'
bullet.
By March of
this year, the agents had been convicted on felony charges
including assault with serious bodily injury and assault
with a deadly weapon. Last Thursday they were finally
sentenced. Are you ready for this? Agent Ramos -- an agent
who last year was nominated for the Border Patrol Agent of
Year Award was sentenced to 11 years in prison; Agent
Compean got 12.
You might
remember another high-profile sentencing last week...Lynne
Stewart, an attorney convicted of helping her terrorist
client communicate with his extremist followers from prison
was given a
whopping 28 months. What kind of system do we have where
someone who actively put American lives at risk gets just
over two years while people actively working to serve and
protect us get five times more? |
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