Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are getting some assistance from Congress.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher yesterday asked Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to investigate what he called “the exceedingly harsh prosecution” of two U.S. Border Patrol agents now facing 20 years in prison for shooting a suspected drug smuggler in the buttocks.
“This proceeding has garnered national attention calling into question the administration’s commitment to secure our borders,” said Mr. Rohrabacher, adding that the two agents — Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean — “were simply doing their jobs to guard our homeland by attempting to apprehend an illegal drug smuggler.”

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Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has called for a congressional investigation and open hearings on the case. The investigation is expected to begin before the end of the year.

Rep. John Hostettler, Indiana Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, border security and claims, has said that if the arrest, trial and conviction of the agents resulted in a chilling effect on others, “then it’s definitely something we should know about.”

Gonzales asked to probe prosecution of agents?-Nation/Politics?-?The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper

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