Speech #1100055578

We want to do whats right for America. Thats why were opposing what hes suggesting. In that bill. of course. is a provision that would increase the Border Patrol. And. as I say. the legislation going through the Senate actually increases the Border Patrol by fewer agents than is already required that the Border Patrol expand. A great deal has been made out of that. But lets take a look at what that really means. Do we really believe that President Bush and this administration and. yes. those supporting this bill. are supportive of a strong border control of the fence and strengthening the Border Patrol? This is an administration that has backed up U.S. attorneys who have taken Border Patrol agents who have stopped drug smugglers at our border and thrown the Border Patrol agents in jail for not following the proper procedures. giving immunity to the drug dealer. and throwing the book at the people. the law enforcement agents who are trying to protect uis. As we speak. Ramos and Compeon. two Border Patrol agents who. for 15 years combined in their lives. were risking their lives every day to protect us. One of them is a 10year veteran of the Naval Reserve. The other served in the military before joining the Border Patrol. These people have clean records. Yet the U.S. attorney has thrown the book at these folks. these two brave men. men whose records are clean. And yet he has. the U.S. attorney claims they are corrupt again by playing word games. just like his boss. And today. as we debate this bill. these two Border Patrol agents languish in solitary confinement in Federal prison. How can anyone claim that they are in favor of the Border Patrol. strengthening the Border Patrol agents. when this administration has done so much to demoralize those people in the Border Patrol and to attack the wellbeing of those who are protecting us? The demoralization of oui Border Patrol is a grave threat to our national security and the safety of people. We need to back our Border Patrol agents. They do not support this legislation. We need to be strong. We need to make sure that we are doing what is right for the American people. That is what this battle is all about. Lets remember those two Border Patrol agents because they symbolize everything thats wrong with that legislation. everything thats wrong with the position of the elite in this country. These are just ordinary men. Ramos and Compeon. who were out trying to protect us. just like our military people overseas. risking their life. Yet they were told not to use their weapons on the border. and they did. and they did not follow the proper procedures. and they were thrown in jail. Remembering them. remembering what we do right for our own people. let us oppose this effort to change the immigration laws that would bring more illegals into our country.