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Free Deputy Gilmer Hernandez!

Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) addressed the House of Representatives on January 10th with the following speech:

"Mr. Speaker, in the small border town of Rocksprings, Texas, where drug smugglers and human smugglers sneak across the Rio Grande into America, lone Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez was on patrol. In the stillness of the vast night, a speeding Suburban runs a red light.

Deputy Hernandez, 25, stops the vehicle, but suddenly, without warning, the vehicle takes off. Deputy Hernandez says the vehicle tried to run him down. The lawman fires several shots, one of which shoots out the rear tire, just like in the movies.

The vehicle stops, and eight or nine illegals jump out and take off running into the sagebrush. One illegal had a minor injury from a bullet. The U.S. Government rounds up six or seven of the illegals and, guess what, prosecutes Deputy Hernandez, claiming he recklessly discharged his firearm and uses the illegals as witnesses against the lawman during a trial.

Citizens of his town are mad. One said, 'Our deputy's in jail for doing his job.'

Mr. Speaker, another example of how the Federal Government is more concerned about people illegally invading America than it is about the men who protect America. Once again, our government is on the wrong side of the border war. And that's just the way it is."

You can read the local story about the citizens who've rallied behind Deputy Hernandez and watch the video here. Please visit the "Free Gilmer" website to read more about this. I have submitted a letter via this website for inclusion in the letters that will be presented to the court by Tom Cottle. He needs your message by tomorrow!! Let's see what we can do to get this good American out of jail and back on duty!

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