Mr. Speaker. today is the 512th day since a great injustice took place in this country. On January 17. 2007. two U.S. Border Patrol agents entered Federal prison to begin serving 11 and 12 years. respectively. Agents Compean and Ramos were convicted in March of 2006 for wounding a Mexican drug smuggler who brought 743 pounds of marijuana across our border into Texas. These agents never should have been prosecuted. yet the U.S. Attorneys Office prosecuted the agents and granted immunity to the drug smuggler. I want to repeat that. Mr. Speaker. yet. the U.S. Attorneys Office prosecuted the agents and granted immunity to the drug smuggler. who claimed he was unarmed.
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