In my opinion, the most important pardon of all was issued to...

posted 113 days ago by isitpedanticenough 113 days ago by isitpedanticenough +16 / -0

Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean – Today, President Trump granted full pardons to Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. These former Border Patrol Agents have been supported by one hundred members of Congress, including Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Ted Poe, Rep. Paul Gosar, Rep. Brian Babin, as well as the U.S. Border Control Foundation and the Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Mr. Ramos participates in numerous community activities and charities, and Mr. Compean is active in his local church.

Both men served as Border Patrol Agents and put themselves in harm’s way to help secure our southern border with Mexico. On one such occasion in 2005, they stopped an illegal alien trafficking 700 pounds of marijuana. When the illegal alien—who was thought to be armed—resisted arrest, Mr. Ramos shot the suspect, who fled back across the border. For this, Mr. Ramos and Mr. Compean were charged and convicted of assault, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and deprivation of civil rights. After they were sentenced to 11 and 12 years imprisonment, respectively, their case gained widespread attention.

One hundred members of Congress, as well as the organizations above, supported Mr. Ramos’ and Mr. Compean’s release from prison. The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on the excessive sentence imposed on the former agents. And President George W. Bush ultimately commuted these sentences with strong bipartisan support...

*For those unaware, this pardon is so deserved and overdue. Thank you President Trump for righting this wrong. President Bush and his buddy, US Attorney Johnny Sutton prosecuted these Agents by seeking out the drug smuggler they shot, granted the smuggler immunity to testify against the Agents and ignored and covered up the fact that he continued to smuggle drugs during the trial...while denying Aldrete-Davila was a smuggler. The jury was denied the oppopportunity to learn the chief witness against the Agents was a smuggler and the government portrayed him as an innocent man visiting his sick mother. The jury later stated they wouldn't have convicted the Agents if they had known the truth.