Bush Commutes Sentences of Border Patrol Agents (Updated)

Fox News just announced that President George W. Bush has commuted the sentences of — but not pardoned — two unjustly-convicted U.S. Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.According to an Associated Press report citing a senior administration official, Bush...

Cole Calls on Bush to Pardon Border Partrol Agents

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) sent a letter to President George W. Bush late yesterday asking him to commute the sentences and issue pardons for Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos.In October 2006, Ramos and Compean were each sentenced to more than a decade in...

Border Patrol boosts one local economy

"The Border Patrol are good people. They're upstanding citizens for the most part. Upstanding citizens that help bolster the town's economy."