Tancredo Urges Conferees to Free the Border Two
Conference Committee set to decide fate of Ramos and Compean

We Should Help Urge Congress To Release Ramos and Compean

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) today wrote a letter to members of the House and Senate charged with working out the final details on legislation funding the annual operations of the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice and science related programs. In a letter today, Tancredo urged the members to retain a provision of the House-passed bill that would free imprisoned Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean from federal custody.

“We need to send a clear message to the men and women of federal law enforcement that the pressure should be on criminals who smuggle drugs across our border, not the people who protect us from them,â€