From CNS News
The U.S. Senate is set to launch an investigation into why an imprisoned former Border Patrol agent who should have had special protection was assaulted by four other inmates.
The investigation will also look at the entire controversial case of two border agents who were convicted and jailed after shooting a suspected drug smuggler from Mexico in El Paso, Texas. Prosecutors offered the suspected drug smuggler an immunity deal to return to the U.S. and testify against the two agents.
An episode that had already sparked outrage took a new turn over the weekend when one of the two, Ignacio Ramos, 38, was assaulted by four other inmates at the federal prison in Yazoo City, Miss.
Several Republicans have been highly vocal on the issue, including Duncan Hunter and Dana Rohrabacher, and now
"I urge the committee to look into why these agents are not being protected while in the federal prison system," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asking for a probe.
"It is not hard to predict that two federal agents would be targeted in a prison population and that special precautions should be employed to ensure their safety," she said.
Whether for political gain or because it is the right thing to do, I give all props to Feinstein. I have teed off on her a time or two, but, this transcends politics. Securing our borders and protecting our Border Agents is extremely important, and, being from California, Diane surely understands how important that is. Whether she agrees or not, I personally do not care, as long as something is done.
I would like to see her and other Congress Critters join Hunter, Rohrabacher, and several others in calling for the agents pardon. You can write Feinstein here, and ask her to call for the border agents pardon. Use zip code 90025, or any Ca. zip, and leave the state as California.
If you haven't signed the petition, please do.
i’ll be linking to the petition at my site…