Christmas for Lou Dobbs
For almost four years, the fate of U.S. border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean had been a sort of cause celebre among immigration restrictionists.
Jul 31, 20207.6K Shares450.7K Views
For almost four years, the fate of U.S. border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean had been a sort of cause celebre among immigration restrictionists. In 2005, Ramos and Compean confronted a Mexican drug runner with 800 pounds of marijuana in his truck, and shot him (non-fatally). The man was unarmed, and the border agends got more than a decade in prison.
Since then former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) has repeatedly demandedthat the agents be freed. Former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) introduced a Ramos and Compean Act that would have pardoned the men (though this would have been legally impossible). Lou Dobbs occasionally turned his show into an infomercial for the men.
As we ponder the political significance of President George W. Bush, the man who wanted the GOP to win the Hispanic vote, following the will of Lou Dobbs, let’s listen to a tribute songto the two agents. “We fight to the end and we all stand strong/with Ramos and Compean.”
Hajra Shannon
Reviewer
Latest Articles
Popular Articles