Pardon for Border Patrol Agents?

Yesterday, Bill Hing posted a notice about the conviction of two border patrol agents who shot an unarmed immigrant drug smuggler and tried to cover it up.

Today, it is reported that Rep. Duncan Hunter introduced a bill on Thursday to pardon the men.  In an interview on El Paso radio, Bush indicated that in this case as all others, he’d follow the process for pardons, looking at the evidence in the case.  A link to the story is here.

There is a certain irony to this bill.  Rep. Duncan is concerned about illegal immigration and has frequently indicated that he would like to see our nation’s laws enforced.  But I guess that’s only our immigration laws and not laws against assault with a deadly weapon, or civil rights laws.  In this case, a jury convicted the men of violating those laws.  Has the perceived need for enforcement of immigration and drug law enforcement become so important that it trumps all other illegalities?

-jmc