Fwd: Tancredo Visits Border Agent in Prison, Is Shocked
Mark Lowry
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From: Tancredo For President <feed...@teamtancredo.org>
Date: Feb 11, 2007 7:45 PM
Subject: Tancredo Visits Border Agent in Prison, Is Shocked
To: lowry...@gmail.com
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Report on My Visit Yesterday with Border Patrol Agent Ramos in Yazoo Federal Prison Situation Worse Then We Thought Dear Friend of My Presidential Campaign,
As you know, Agent Ramos and his partner, Jose Alonso Compean, are serving long prison sentences for a border incident in which they wounded a illegal alien drug dealer they testified as being armed. You've probably heard that Agent Ramos was badly beaten Saturday night in his prison cell. I traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, yesterday to see for myself. And I learned many new horrifying details.
When I saw Ramos, I was literally astonished at the extent of the injuries on his body. Prison officials have been describing his injuries all week as "minor," but that clearly is not true. In fact, Agent Ramos' bruises are deep and severe. His arm, chest and back are black and blue with broken blood vessels on his arm. Truthfully, it was a terrible sight. Here's what Ramos told me directly. He was assaulted Saturday night by roughly a half-dozen inmates who recognized him from an episode of a TV show that aired shortly before 10 p.m. He was pulled from his cell, which remains unlocked until midnight.
Prison official moved Ramos to a special cell in near-solitary confinement, and I am working to get him transferred to a safer facility. Representatives of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, of California, visited Yazoo Prison with me yesterday. When we asked to see photographs of Ramos as he appeared immediately after the beating, prison officials refused. Federal prosecutors threw these Border Agents in prison while a Illegal Alien drug dealer walks free. And now, one of the agents is attacked viciously. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE!
First, I want you to go consider writing a card or letter of encouragement to Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos, now trying to recover in Yazoo Federal Prison. It's truly the very least we can do for him.
Second, I want to ask you to consider helping my presidential campaign FINANCIALLY. Think about it this way. When Agents Ramos and Campeon were thrown into prison for over a decade apiece, what were the other Republican Presidential hopefuls doing? Mitt Romney was refusing to ask for a pardon. John McCain, Sam Brownback, Chuck Hagel, and Rudy Giuliani were all continuing to press for Higher Immigration levels and Illegal Alien Amnesties. The White House has been pushing for Higher Immigration and an Illegal Alien Amnesty for months now. Are you ready for change? If we want someone representing our views in the 2008 Presidential Race, we're going to have to MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Please let me hear from you. Sincerely, |
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Mark, 8th member SU7+1,
http://groups.google.com/group/standup71 Populist-American, retired in hell-USA's worst Sanctuary City: Corrupt, Ignorant, Backwater, Lawless Lex. Ky. Free Ramos And Compean! [STOP MEXICAN INVASION, DEMAND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BEFORE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS UNDERMINE NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. It ain't over! He who dares not offend cannot be honest: Thomas Paine • Eisenhower: "The rise in illegal border-crossing by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than 1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal Government."