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Legal Defense Fund

Please makes checks payable to:

FOBP Legal Defense Fund
P.O. Box, 2685
Covina, CA 91722

Your contribution can help in many ways. Please make checks payable to FOBP. We are currently raising money, which were utilized for Legal Defense of law enforcement, relief, as well as other charitable activities where needed. We can't help as many as we do without your support.

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FOBP Legal Defense Fund & Case Info Section

Friends of the Border Patrol is currently re-evaluating our previous cases with the assistance of our in-house General Counsel. As a result of these experiences which we, as an organization learned much from, we are revamping the application & contract process. We will re-launch this part of our website as the FOBP Legal Defense Fund & Case Info Section. In the near future, we will provide information on a number of law enforcement cases taking place around the nation some of which involve CBP/ICE.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has heard the Ramos/Compean appeal and their decision is overdue.  Mr. Ramos and his family chose to go their own way long ago regarding counsel and donations and handle all matters themselves. While our board decided late in 2007 it was time to move forward to assist a number of cases we've monitored. The Ramos/Compean case kept us long bogged down. While the experienced gained has been invaluable to a degree, many other officers/agents, and families have patiently waited for our assistance. They have seen our investigations reveal patterns by DHS, DOJ, and other departments of this administration, which has made it easier to identify similar issues in the numerous cases we're not reviewing, investigating, and taking reports on.  

As a result of issues that developed with the Ramos' family, we instituted an application process that has been in place since October 2006 with contracts outlining terms between those who seek our assistance and our organization.

FOBP paid our portion of the Compean & Ramos appeals, $30,000.00 total for both agents. We only accepting money for new legal cases. With the exception of awaiting verdict, funds were raised between August 2006 and February 2008 on behalf of the Ramos/Compean case, though primarily Compean as previously stated. Their appeals were fully paid in October 2006. In this particular case, their union's national can provide assistance without the public since that's why dues were paid by members to their labor organization. As a public benefit corporation our charitible activities depends on public support to help as we do not have dues paying members to keep us financially solvent. Unlike others, FOBP does not have the luxury of double dipping from a federal agency's labor pool AND the general public.

Relief for all cases should only ever be temporary. Over the course of time, with good management of their gift donations, each victim should be able to get back on their feet and move forward. Essentially, they have to do it for themselves, and not expect others to carry their own burden. As the old adage says, "give a man a fish, he'll eat fish for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime."

We are currently raising money, which continues to assist legal defense, and relief of law enforcement, as well as other charitable activities where there is a need. We thank you for your continued support for without your assistance, we would be unable to provide the help we do.

* Note: We have posted key case details pertaining to the Ramos/Compean case at FOBPNews.com . Brian Israel's case is posted at the War on Law Enforcement Section.


We are currently raising money, which continues to assist legal defense, and relief of law enforcement, as well as other charitable activities where there is a need. We thank you for your continued support for without your assistance, we would be unable to provide the help we do.

* Note: We have posted key case details pertaining to the Ramos/Compean case at FOBPNews.com . Brian Israel's case is posted at the War on Law Enforcement Section.