Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Imprisoned Border Agents Wife at State of The Union


Congressman Rohrabacher invites Monica Ramos to State of union speech to point out Bush’s 'failure'

By de Andrea

Monica Ramos, the wife of imprisoned former Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos, attended President Bush’s State of the Union speech as a guest of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who has sharply criticized the president's handling of the case.

"The congressman felt it was important for Mrs. Ramos to have the opportunity while in the nation's capital to be a part of the State of the Union, because of what her family has been going through speaks volumes about the failure of the Bush administration to secure our borders."

Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean began prison sentences last week of 11 and 12 years respectively, for their actions in the shooting and wounding of a Mexican drug smuggler who was granted full immunity to testify against them."

The lives of two brave men, her husband Ignacio Ramos and Border Patrol agent Jose Compean, have been destroyed by a corrupt court an inexplicable policy of open borders and amnesty that this administration has toward our southern border.

If the Bush administration cared about securing our borders these two law enforcement officers would not be behind bars, and U.S. prosecuting attorneys wouldn't be prosecuting Border Patrol agents while drug smugglers go free, at most, their penalty for not filing paperwork should have been a reprimand.

This is the worst betrayal of American defenders I have ever seen, it’s shameful this was done by someone who is in the Republican Party. Bush obviously thinks more about his agreements with Mexico than the lives of American people and backing up its defenders

President Bush made no reference to the Border Patrol case in a 50-minute speech that focused on domestic issues in the first half and international issues in the second half.

Monica Ramos described her first meeting with her husband in prison as "heart breaking."

Monica Ramos said that her husband is being held in solitary confinement in a 6-by-12 foot cell, without windows. Ignacio Ramos is not being allowed any exercise time, and he is shackled every time he leaves his cell.

"This may be for his protection from other inmates," Monica Ramos acknowledged, but this is abusive. But they are treating my husband like the worst hardened criminal imaginable."

She said one of her three young children they are so disturbed by the imprisonment that the family has decided to seek counseling for the child. "My children are planning to visit their father for the first time this Friday," she said, expressing concern. "This will be the first time they see their dad shackled in chains, when they are used to seeing me send him off in his uniform. The couple's youngest child is 7 years old; the others are aged 9 and 13.

"My youngest child wanted to know if we could order pizza for dad in prison," Monica Ramos said. "No, I told him. Let's wait and have pizza night when daddy gets home."

THE BOTTOM LINE: If one is interested in reading just how these two brave defenders of America were railroaded by a definitive kangaroo court with an obvious agenda, then read the article below of how the law was twisted, manipulated, and totally misapplied in order to falsely convict these two men. This clearly shows the misconduct and corruption in our so-called Justice System.

de Andréa

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