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As immigrants and their supporters prepare for Monday's boycott, opponents of illegal immigration are building a border fence to symbolize their support for a secure border.

About 200 volunteers organized by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of California are building a six-foot barbed wire fence along a quarter-mile stretch of terrain in Boulevard, about 50 miles east of San Diego.

The fence is connected to an existing 12-foot high fence built by the federal government.

Volunteers say they want to send a message to Congress that the government should block entry to the United States and not grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

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