Time is Running Out – Fax President Bush TODAY

There is only one day left for President Bush to pardon former Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. Both were convicted and sentenced to more than 10 years in prison back in 2006 for the shooting of a now-convicted Mexican drug smuggler. Before Bush’s term expires, send a fax to the White House asking the President to pardon or commute the sentences of Ramos and Compean. Please do not bother trying to call the White House because the comment line is “closed for special events” for the second day in a row and is unlikely to re-open.

Since their conviction about half a million signatures have been collected urging the President to pardon Ramos and Compean.

“Every day I believe that the president will do the right thing,” Mrs. Ramos was quoted in a Washington Times article. “Our three sons have been devastated by this; there is nothing that can replace the time that has been already lost.”

On Wednesday, a dozen Congressmen took part in a press conference at the Capitol building, making a final plea to the President.

“They were not in the commission of a crime; they were in the commission of defending our borders, and they should have been acknowledged for having done that,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) in the Washington Times article.

The Washington Times has more on this story. And you can read Roy’s blog as well as send a fax to the White House.