Minutemen to build border barrier (AP)

TUCSON, Ariz. - A group opposed to illegal immigration plans to build a 14-foot tall, military-style barrier that would stretch nearly a mile along the Mexican border. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps' barrier near Naco was approved because the rancher's land is more than five acres and the fence will be used to contain cattle, said Judy Anderson, the Cochise County planning director. Rancher Richard Hodges said the primary purpose of the barrier, which will have two parallel fences and razor ...