An amendment to the Justice Department appropriations bill that was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives would prohibit the use of federal funds to enforce the prison sentences imposed on two U.S. Border Patrol agents involved in the non-fatal shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler.



The Senate version of the appropriations bill, which the Senate began debating last week, does not include this de-funding amendment.


If Congress expressly denies the Executive Branch the funds to pay for imprisonment of the two Border Patrol Agents, the agents would win what amounts to a legislative commutation of their sentences.


Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean were sentenced to 11 and 12 years in prison, respectively, for their roles in the shooting of Mexican drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila.


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