The Center For Individual Freedom

From the Center for Individual Freedom

"The next time you hear a Member of Congress speak about so-called "comprehensive immigration reform," remember the story of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.
Ramos and Compean are U.S. Border Patrol agents who are facing 20 years in prison for attempting to apprehend an illegal alien -- who was also smuggling drugs -- at the border.
Hard to believe, but it's true! Consider this account of the incident from the Internet magazine WorldNetDaily.com:
"When Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos pulled the trigger last February, all he knew was that his partner was lying on the ground behind him -- bloodied from a struggle with a fleeing suspect -- shots had been fired and now, it appeared, the drug smuggler he was pursuing had turned toward him with what looked to be a gun in his hand... "Ramos, 37, is an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Naval Reserve and a former nominee for Border Patrol Agent of the Year. "On February 17, he responded to a request for back up from agent Jose Alonso Compean, 28, who noticed a suspicious van near the levee road along the Rio Grande River near the Texas town of Fabens, about 40 miles east of El Paso... "Behind the wheel of the van was an illegal alien, Osbaldo Aldrete-Davila of Mexico. Unknown to the growing number of Border Patrol agents converging on Fabens, Aldrete-Davila's van was carrying 800 pounds of marijuana. "Unable to outrun Ramos and the third agent, Aldrete-Davila stopped the van on the levee, jumped out and started running toward the river. When he reached the other side of the levee, he was met by Compean who had anticipated the smuggler's attempt to get back to Mexico. "'We both yelled out for him to stop, but he wouldn't stop, and he just kept running,' Ramos told California's Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Aldrete-Davila crossed a canal. "'At some point during the time where I'm crossing the canal, I hear shots being fired,' Ramos said. 'Later, I see Compean on the ground, but I keep running after the smuggler.' "At that point, Ramos said, Aldrete-Davila turned toward him, pointing what looked like a gun. "'I shot,' Ramos said. 'But I didn't think he was hit, because he kept running into the brush and then disappeared into it. Later, we all watched as he jumped into a van waiting for him. He seemed fine. It didn't look like he had been hit at all.'"
But that wasn't the end of the story! Two weeks later, a Border Patrol Agent received a call from the drug smuggler's mother-in-law in Mexico who claimed that Ramos had actually shot the drug smuggler in the buttocks.
And our own government filed charges against Ramos and Compean for violating the civil rights of this illegal aliens and felon.
In the words of U.S. Assistant District Attorney Debra Kanof, "The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled it is a violation of someone's Fourth Amendment rights to shoot them in the back while fleeing if you don't know who they are and/or if you don't know they have a weapon."
That's not all. Not only did our government give immunity to this drug smuggler to obtain his testimony at the trial, but this illegal alien and drug smuggler is now suing Ramos for $5 million dollars.

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You may be asking yourself, what does Ramos and Compean's sad tale have to do with so-called "comprehensive immigration reform?"
The answer is EVERYTHING!
Simply put, such a travesty of justice could only occur in an environment of ambiguity -- and that is exactly what "comprehensive immigration reform" -- as the Senate calls it -- creates.
The lack of a strong, no-nonsense immigration policy sends those who flout our laws the wrong message.
Ambiguous laws and immigration policies effectively tell the would-be illegal alien and those whose job it is to enforce our immigration laws that the United States has no resolve when it comes to securing our borders.
Perhaps Andy Ramirez of the nonprofit group Friends of the Border Patrol said it best when commenting on the Ramos-Compean story:
"This drug smuggler has fully contributed to the destruction of two brave agents and their families and has sent a very loud message to the other Border Patrol agents: If you confront a smuggler, this is what will happen to you."
If we -- as a nation -- are really serious about fixing the problem of illegal immigration, we MUST send a clear and unmistakable message that America's borders are indeed secure and that crossing those borders illegally will not be tolerated -- PERIOD!
You cannot speak of tough enforcement and programs that give amnesty and pathways to citizenship in the same breath. It's ridiculous beyond reason. But that's exactly what our politicians in Washington want to do!
And that's why we MUST continue to send our own message to our elected leaders. The American people want secure borders and tough enforcement, AND NO AMNESTY -- END OF SENTENCE!"

This is outrageous. We cannot tolerate this behavior by our government against one of our distinguished law enforcement officials. If we do, it will happen again.

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Israel learned what you tolerate will happen. For years they tolerated the UN not enforcing the ban on weapons and failure to remove Hezbollah from Lebanon and they saw that it is happening again. So when they found Syria and Iran attempting to rearm Hezbollah with more arms, they attempted to stop the arms transfer. What happens? Lebanon and UN get in their face saying this is a violation of the cease fire. Sorry but I disagree. It is enforcement of 1701.

Here is what Fox News said "Lebanon threatened to halt deployment of its soldiers in the south of the country, and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora denounced Israel's operation as a "flagrant violation" of the cease-fire. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed the operation by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and later called it a "violation by the Israeli side of the cessation of hostilities as laid out in Security Council Resolution 1701." U.N. Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said in Beirut that reports on the Israeli strike indicated it constituted a violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution that established a truce early last week after more than a month of fighting. Israel said the raid did not violate the cease-fire, and Washington appeared to agree with that claim. An Israeli army spokesman said the goal of the operation was achieved in full, and that the military would continue to prevent Hezbollah from getting weapons shipments from Iran and Syria. The operation exposed the first major dispute over implementation of Resolution 1701, which helped end fighting in Lebanon earlier last week. Concerned that the cease-fire will enable Hezbollah to rearm, Israel is demanding that the Lebanese army and international peacekeepers enforce the arms embargo against the militia called for by the cease-fire resolution. "

Big deal they Lebanese may not deploy their forces. They didn't do any good before the war broke out what makes anyone think they will do anything to stop Hezbollah now? This UN farce, no I didn't spell it wrong farce is exactly what I meant, will be worthless at best as so many other UN peacekeeping forces have been over the years. France has already stated that they are not going to disarm Hezbollah. Well then what good is this force?

"Israel will not tolerate Hezbollah exploiting the cease-fire to rearm, and to re-equip with strategic weapons from Iran and Syria. Then we're back to square one," Mr. Regev said.

Israel learned what you tolerate will happen and they "will not tolerate Hezbollah exploiting the cease-fire"

At least someone learned something. Too bad we here in the US didn't. We have tolerated antisemetic actions by the UN, failure to enforce it's own resolutions, and pure corruption by the UN and yet we still go to them thinking they will actually do something. We have larned NOTHING. We tolerate the UN's failures and guess what, they happen again and again and again. When will the US wake up and not tolerate the behavior and failure of the UN?