AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The “Take Our Border Back Convoy” will head from Dripping Springs to Eagle Pass, Texas later this week in a show of force organizers say will “call on our government to take action” to “secure the southern border.”
“The time is now for WE THE PEOPLE to PEACEFULLY assemble in honor of our U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights,” organizers wrote on the convoy’s website.
The trip is part of a nationwide call to action bringing people to various hotspots along the border including Eagle Pass, Yuma, Arizona, and San Ysidro, California. The group invites “active and retired law enforcement and military, veterans, Mama Bears, elected officials, business owners, ranchers, truckers, bikers, media, and law-abiding, freedom-loving Americans.”
The Texas stint will include a “pep rally” at the Dripping Springs H-E-B on Thursday, Feb. 1. The group will then leave from Dripping Springs on Feb. 2 and travel to the Cornerstone Children’s Ranch in Quemado.
Organizers stress the convoy and demonstrations will be peaceful and not pose a threat to the public or law enforcement operations.
“We’re not going to blockade,” an organizer said in a Sunday video address. “We don’t want to cause any problems for law enforcement or the National Guard… we don’t want to put anyone in danger.”
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