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Destroying the morale of the border patrol.(Letter to the editor)
Months ago e-mail started saying that two Border Patrol agents were in big trouble for shooting a fleeing Mexican national.
I thought, "Good, serves 'em right. Just because they're big-shot government men doesn't give 'em a license to shoot a man even when he's crossing the border."
A fundraising letter came to me, begging for help to keep Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean out of prison. I answered that it was actually a good thing for the government to control and discipline its operatives so they don't act like Nazis. This would get the word out that not even armed "public servants" are above the law.
Now the February 19, 2007 issue of THE NEW AMERICAN came. The cover and 12 pages of photos and text give a great deal of background to this story and the related issues.
The Mexican national was not just a man looking for a job. He had a million dollars' worth of marijuana in his van. He fought the Border Patrol. They didn't even know they had shot him because he kept running until he was clear out of their sight. The government invited him to ...
- Another border patrol agent who was prosecuted for doing his job.(Inside...
- Magazine article from: The New American August 20, 2007 700+ words
...prosecution of a Customs and Border Patrol agent with eerie parallels...Compean and Ramos case. Former Border Patrol officer Robert Rhodes is suing...chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol, told THE NEW AMERICAN. Zhao Yan claimed she was...
- Feds keeping border patrol in the dark on border gang threat.(INSIDER REPORT)
- Magazine article from: The New American February 20, 2006 700+ words
...armor have been diverted from the Border Patrol to other areas of the government...Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, confirmed to THE NEW AMERICAN that he, like most of the Border Patrol agents he represents, was unaware...
- Bordering on a war zone: Andy Ramirez, the chairman of a non-profit...
- Magazine article from: The New American Jasper, William F. May 15, 2006 700+ words
...eyes and ears" for the Border Patrol in high-traffic areas where the Border Patrol does not have cameras...his many contacts in the Border Patrol, Mr. Ramirez also breaks...the major media. THE NEW AMERICAN: You've just returned...
- Homeland security deceived Congress: a Department of Homeland Security official...
- Magazine article from: The New American Jasper, William F. March 5, 2007 700+ words
Former Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and...urged him to pardon the Border Patrol agents. Agents Ramos...is Spanish slang for a Border Patrol or immigration officer...R-Texas) told THE NEW AMERICAN in a February 7 interview...
- Border Patrol agents sentenced to prison.(Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean...
- Magazine article from: The New American November 13, 2006 700+ words
U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were...in the September 18, 2006 issue of THE NEW AMERICAN. "While the Bush administration seeks...it has thrown the book at two courageous Border Patrol agents."
- Paving over our borders: the Trans Texas Corridor will open our highways to...
- Magazine article from: The New American Taylor, Kelly April 16, 2007 700+ words
...if a competent case is made, they won't change their minds. The process is intellectually dishonest," Sam told THE NEW AMERICAN. What he objects to most is that the state won't allow the landowner to see the standards used to make the offer, yet...
- Clamor at the gates: the new American immigration.
- Magazine article from: National Review Bradford, M.E. May 23, 1986 700+ words
...Bomb: The Fragmenting of America Clamor at the Gates: The New American Immigration AS REPORTS of economic collapse and a massive...into the United States, and increases in support for the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Now they...
- EADS North America Celebrates Groundbreaking for New American Eurocopter...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 7, 2003 700+ words
...into Mississippi Thursday, with the groundbreaking of a new American Eurocopter site in Columbus. American Eurocopter is making...operates approximately 100 Eurocopter helicopters, the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs, FBI, Federal, State and Local Government...
