First They're Railroaded, Now They're Assaulted in Prison...What's Next, Murder?

Congressman Tom Tancredo, long the canary in the coal mine when it comes to the dangers America faces thanks to lax enforcement of immigration laws, expresses outrage at the fate of railroaded Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos. Ramos was originally segregated from the general prison population for his own safety, due to his former status as a law enforcement officer and the fact that a solid percentage of the inmates in America's prison are illegal immigrant criminals...the very people he was charged with stoppong and apprehending. There's no way these men should be in prison in the first place, or at a minimum, free on bond pending their appeal in an attempt to undo the injustice perpetrated upon them, especially in light of their many years of service to our country.

"The U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the pair built his case on the agents' alleged failure to report the incident to their supervisors. Documents recently obtained from the Department of Homeland Security show that the agents did, in fact, verbally report the incident to their immediate supervisor, who ordered them not to file a written report. As many as a half-dozen witnesses have reportedly confirmed that account, potentially undermining the prosecution's key claim against the agents. Tancredo, who has joined a group of lawmakers demanding a presidential pardon for the two men, says the new information should clear the two agents. "We find out that some of the allegation that were brought against these guys have absolutely no basis in fact and there is no information to substantiate tham," Tancredo said. "There is much more here than meets the eye and it makes me sick."

Tancredo is in disbelief that federal officials did not protect Ramos from the general population of inmates at the Yazoo City Federal Penitentiary in Mississippi. Ramos was severely beaten by prisoners in the dormitory-style housing area. "They should know that anybody who is an agent, either a police officer or federal agent, is going to be in grave danger," Tancredo said. "I have heard from his wife [that] he's bleeding from the ear [and] he's lost some ability to move his left arm."