Tancredo demands pardon for border agents after another killed

Carolyn Hileman* | January 28, 2008

Filed Under Crime Criminals Justice, Immigration

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., demanded a pardon of two former Border Patrol agents this week after another agent was killed in the line of duty. Tancredo, and many other hardliners on immigration, have taken up the cause of Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos — who are serving 12 and 11 years in prison, respectively, for shooting and wounding a Mexican drug dealer and trying to cover it up. Supporters say that the agents were wrongly convicted for protecting the United States against criminal intruders. “Border Patrol agents risk their lives everyday to prevent illegal aliens, illicit narcotics and terrorists from entering this country,” Tancredo said.

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