On one hand, we complain about illegals disrespecting our sovereign border, then we throw the very men and women enforcing our borders under the bus.

Last week, Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Charlie Dent became another influential voice calling on President Bush to pardon two former border patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed drug smuggler who was trying to escape across the US-Mexico border. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are serving more than 10 years each for shooting Osvaldo Davila in the buttocks while he was fleeing from an abandoned van loaded with 750 pounds of marijuana.

The officers, pleading not guilty, argued that they thought Davila, a Mexican with a record of drug smuggling, was armed. Nevertheless, they were convicted two years ago in federal court in Texas of assault, civil rights violations and trying to cover up the shooting. In fact, the officers were unaware that the suspect was shot because he made good his escape across the border the night of the incident. Davila, given full immunity for his testimony, was the witness that convicted them.

Before President Bush pardons a liberal or two to give that New Tone thing a final bow, let's hope he remembers the millions of us who elected him twice, and show some compassion to Scooter and two federal law enforcement officers who have been imprisoned, thanks to an opportunistic assistant US attorney and a slimy Mexican drug dealer whose word was more acceptable than our agents.

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