By Arthur Rotstein

TUCSON, Ariz. - If the government doesn’t build security fencing along the Mexico border, Minuteman border watch leader Chris Simcox says he and his supporters will.

Simcox, whose civilian watch group opposes illegal immigration, said Wednesday he was sending an ultimatum to     President Bush to deploy military reserves to the Arizona border by May 25 or his supporters will break ground for their own building project.

“We’re going to show the federal government how easy it is to build these security fences, how inexpensively they can be built when built by private people and free enterprise,” Simcox said.

Congress has been debating immigration reform for several months. One bill, approved by the U.S. House in December, calls for nearly 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The fence proposal has angered Mexicans, with President     Vicente Fox calling it “shameful.”

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As said on this website before, it is essential for the security of the United States that a physical barrier be put into place to crack down on illegal crossings of immigrants from Mexico. As this article has implied, the United States Congress has been dragging its feet on the issue of physical security to keep illegal immigrants from crossing our borders. The defense of this nation must be our government’s first priority. That priority includes the protection of our country by guarding our borders.