 Aldrete Dávila has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, claiming that his civil rights were violated.A petition for the pardon of the border agents received nearly 240,000 signatures.On January 18, 2007, President George W. Bush agreed to review the case, and Representative Duncan Hunter introduced a bill, titled the Ramos and Compean Act, that would pardon the two agents, though the United States Constitution does not grant Congress the authority to issue pardons.