Bordering On Insanity

by Frank Miele - February 10th, 2007 - Northwest Montana Daily Inter Lake

. . . . . if you think it is just Republicans raising questions about this trial, you are wrong. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., requested a Senate hearing on the case in August 2006. Here’s what she said:

“After reading the August 11th statement of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton on the convictions and news reports regarding this case, I have significant concerns that there may have been a serious miscarriage of justice... It appears that the facts do not add up or justify the length of the sentences for these Agents, let alone their conviction on multiple counts.”

Certainly, after the beating of Ramos, it is time for all of us to take a look at this case and determine just what kind of country we want — one that goes out of its way to protect drug smugglers or one that goes out of its way to prevent drug smuggling and to prevent illegal immigration. Whether or not, the Border Patrol agents made all the right decisions in this case, they were clearly doing their job and trying to do it well when the incident happened. It is hard to see why they should go to jail. . . . . .

The reality is that the two border guards, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, have been sent to jail by a government that is dominated by those who are opposed to some of the basic premises our citizens live by. They are socialists who do not support free enterprise and therefore see our country as wrong no matter what we do. They therefore side with the illegal immigrants and drug smuggleers. They oppose any action to protect our borders. People with this view of America went overboard to assure the conviction of these two agents.

George W. Bush and Karl Rove want open borders. Their political opponents therefore feel they can destroy these two men's lives and that no one will do anything to protect the border guards or correct the railroad prosecution that was done. They think that Bush will not get involved. The question is, do American citizens care? Do you care?