Rep. Tom Tancredo visited imprisoned border patrol agent Ignacio Ramos in the Yazoo, Mississippi Federal Prison Sunday, February 11th.  

The Congressman reported Monday that the injuries to Ramos, inflicted by a prison gang, “were much more serious than have been reported. In fact, Agent Ramos�?bruises are deep and severe. His arm, chest and back are black and blue with broken blood vessels on his arm. Truthfully, it was a terrible sight,�?Tancredo reported.

Ramos told Tancredo that, “he was assaulted Saturday night by roughly a half-dozen inmates who recognized him from an episode of a TV show that aired shortly before 10 p.m. He was pulled from his cell, which remains unlocked until midnight.

“The attackers, who were wearing steel-toed boots, kicked Ramos repeatedly. He did not get to see a doctor until Wednesday, four days after the beating.

“Prison officials moved Ramos to a special cell in near-solitary confinement, and I am working to get him transferred to a safer facility.

“Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, of California, visited Yazoo Prison with me yesterday. When we asked to see photographs of Ramos as he appeared immediately after the beating, prison officials refused.�?

The Congressman repeated a story that has circulated for weeks that “Federal prosecutors threw these Border Agents in prison while an illegal alien drug dealer walks free. And now, one of the agents is attacked viciously. Where is the justice!�?

Tancredo is asking for people to send a letter or card of encouragement to Agent Ignacio Ramos and “consider helping my presidential campaign.�?

The first Congressman to express concern over the open southern border, Tancredo said that “While Agents Ramos and Campeon were thrown into prison for over a decade apiece, what were the other Republican Presidential hopefuls doing?�?

His answer was that “Mitt Romney was refusing to ask for a pardon, John McCain, Sam Brownback, Chuck Hagel and Rudy Giuliani were all continuing to press for higher immigration levels and illegal alien amnesties.�?