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From CNS News:
Lawmakers Want Investigation, Pardon for Border Agents
(CNSNews.com) - Members of Congress petitioning the president to pardon two U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of assaulting an illegal alien who was trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S. are now calling for an investigation of the U.S. attorney who prosecuted the agents.
“These were good agents doing their job,” said Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.). “There is something that stinks to high heaven.”
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Rep. Red Poe (R-Texas) said the Justice Department is “on the wrong side” of this case.
“It appears as though they are working for the government of Mexico instead of the government of the United States,” Poe said. “Instead of prosecuting [the agents], they should be giving them a medal.”
Sentencing hearings for the agents have been postponed twice and are now scheduled for Oct. 18. They each face from five to 20 years in prison.
“It will absolutely be a sin, it will be a crime if these agents go to jail,” said Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.).
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