President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address this evening encouraged Congress to pass amnesty legislation under the guise of “comprehensive immigration reform.” Ignoring calls to improve our national security by funding the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border and to increase funds for border patrol personnel, the President continued on a path to provide amnesty for illegal aliens already residing in our country.

The President and Congress must do their duty under the U.S. Constitution to enforce existing immigration laws and to protect public safety rather than promote illegal activity. The President’s speech should be very concerning to us as it appears evident that he and Congress will, once again, neglect to secure our borders first.

We the people can no longer tolerate our federal government's refusal to secure our borders and protect our public safety. So while the Minutemen continue to volunteer their time to build a security fence through private donations obtained from thousands of citizens nationally along the U.S.-Mexico border, we must continue to organize efforts to increase pressure on Washington lawmakers so that the national security interests of our country are not jeopardized, like they were in 1986, by permitting amnesty.