ITS A WHITE PROTESTANT MILITIA
MIGRANTS ARE CATHOLIC
Alia Shoaib
Updated Sun, January 28, 2024
A convoy is heading to the southern border to stop migrants from entering the United States.
The group's leader described their tactics as "domestic internal defense."
It is not clear what the group plans to do once they reach the border.
A convoy of hundreds of people plans to head to the Texas border to stop migrants from crossing into the US from Mexico.
The group, called "Take Our Border Back," is organizing on Telegram and now has more than 1,600 followers.
Vice reported that one of the group's organizers described them as "God's army" in a planning call.
"This is a biblical, monumental moment that's been put together by God," one organizer said, Vice reported.
Another said: "We are besieged on all sides by dark forces of evil."
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. It is time for the remnant to rise," they said.
Pete Chambers, a group organizer, has claimed he was a Green Beret. He explained the group's plans while speaking to the right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones on his Infowars show on Thursday.
"That's what Green Berets do. Unconventional warfare is our bread and butter. Now we're doing domestic internal defense," Chambers said.
"What gets us to the enemy quickly is to find, fix, and finish, exploit, analyze, and disseminate," Chambers said, referring to a military process. "That's what we did in Syria when we took out ISIS really quick."
He said the group would work with sympathetic members of law enforcement who he described as "constitutionally sound."
The convoy is due to begin on Monday, starting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and three rallies will be held in San Ysidro, California; Yuma, Arizona; and Eagle Pass, Texas, on February 3.
The group has sub-groups on Telegram for drivers and riders in those three states to coordinate transportation.
The website describes the event as a "peaceful assembly" inviting all "law-abiding, freedom-loving Americans."
Wired published an article describing the group as an "armed convoy," after which the group wrote on Telegram: "We are not making a call to arms. A call to engage with anyone crossing the border. We are here to peacefully protest under our 1st amendment right and pray!"
The group said that one of their goals is to stop illegal immigration immediately and close the border. It is not clear how the group plans to confront migrants at the border and stop them from entering the country.
Texas National Guard troops are in a standoff with the federal government after they rolled out razor wire at a park on the bank of the Rio Grande, where migrants often cross.
Chambers described those troops as "holding the line," and said his convoy would go to an area about 30 miles away.
Republican Rep. Keith Self of Texas has said that he supports the convoy.
Tensions have been rising around immigration, and the issue looks likely to be a major one in the presidential election later this year.
Migration levels are reaching record levels, with US officials saying around 300,000 people tried to cross the border in December.
Texas-bound 'Take Our Border Back' convoy to 'shed light' on migrant crisis, 'send a message' to leaders
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
Alia Shoaib
Updated Sun, January 28, 2024
A convoy is heading to the southern border to stop migrants from entering the United States.
The group's leader described their tactics as "domestic internal defense."
It is not clear what the group plans to do once they reach the border.
A convoy of hundreds of people plans to head to the Texas border to stop migrants from crossing into the US from Mexico.
The group, called "Take Our Border Back," is organizing on Telegram and now has more than 1,600 followers.
Vice reported that one of the group's organizers described them as "God's army" in a planning call.
"This is a biblical, monumental moment that's been put together by God," one organizer said, Vice reported.
Another said: "We are besieged on all sides by dark forces of evil."
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. It is time for the remnant to rise," they said.
Pete Chambers, a group organizer, has claimed he was a Green Beret. He explained the group's plans while speaking to the right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones on his Infowars show on Thursday.
"That's what Green Berets do. Unconventional warfare is our bread and butter. Now we're doing domestic internal defense," Chambers said.
"What gets us to the enemy quickly is to find, fix, and finish, exploit, analyze, and disseminate," Chambers said, referring to a military process. "That's what we did in Syria when we took out ISIS really quick."
He said the group would work with sympathetic members of law enforcement who he described as "constitutionally sound."
The convoy is due to begin on Monday, starting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and three rallies will be held in San Ysidro, California; Yuma, Arizona; and Eagle Pass, Texas, on February 3.
The group has sub-groups on Telegram for drivers and riders in those three states to coordinate transportation.
The website describes the event as a "peaceful assembly" inviting all "law-abiding, freedom-loving Americans."
Wired published an article describing the group as an "armed convoy," after which the group wrote on Telegram: "We are not making a call to arms. A call to engage with anyone crossing the border. We are here to peacefully protest under our 1st amendment right and pray!"
The group said that one of their goals is to stop illegal immigration immediately and close the border. It is not clear how the group plans to confront migrants at the border and stop them from entering the country.
Texas National Guard troops are in a standoff with the federal government after they rolled out razor wire at a park on the bank of the Rio Grande, where migrants often cross.
Chambers described those troops as "holding the line," and said his convoy would go to an area about 30 miles away.
Republican Rep. Keith Self of Texas has said that he supports the convoy.
Tensions have been rising around immigration, and the issue looks likely to be a major one in the presidential election later this year.
Migration levels are reaching record levels, with US officials saying around 300,000 people tried to cross the border in December.
Texas-bound 'Take Our Border Back' convoy to 'shed light' on migrant crisis, 'send a message' to leaders
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
FOX NEWS
Sat, January 27, 2024
JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, CA - DECEMBER 17: Migrants attempt to cross in to the U.S. from Mexico at the border December 17, 2023 in Jacumba Hot Springs, California. Asylum seekers are stuck in makeshift camps in the extreme climate of the US-Mexico border. (Photo by Nick Ut/Getty Images)
Large groups of concerned Americans are traveling toward the southern border to demand action from the Biden administration to fix the "wide open" flood of illegal migrants.
"Fellow citizens and compatriots ... I call on you in the name of liberty, of patriotism and everything dear to the American character to come to our aid with all dispatch," Pete Chambers, one of the coalition’s commanders, wrote on the "Take Our Border Back" website.
"If this call is neglected, we are determined to sustain ourselves as long as possible and act like soldiers who never forget what is due to our own honor and that of our country," Chambers wrote.
A Freedom Convoy demonstrator holds a "Hold The Line" sign while dancing in Ottawa, Canada.
The multi-state convoy is set to begin on Feb. 3, Take Our Border Back wrote in a press release.
The convoy will span cities from Virginia Beach, VA to Eagle Pass, Texas.
The truck gathering will branch off and hold rallies in Arizona, California and Texas, the press release said.
The convoy aims to "send a message" to local, state and federal officials to close the border and deport all illegal immigrants in its plan to "shed light" on open borders.
"Call for immediate action to secure our borders before irreversible serious consequences befall our nation," the press release said. "All are welcome to participate- peacefully!"
ABBOTT DECLARES TEXAS HAS ‘RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE’ FROM MIGRANT ‘INVASION’ AMID FEUD WITH BIDEN ADMIN
The press release noted that along with shedding light on the "wide open" borders, their aim is to request lawmakers to "uphold" all U.S. Constitutional laws.
The activists also hope to "slow and ultimately stop" drug and human trafficking "associated with open borders."
The press release said that the convoy reflects the "vibrant American spirit" that unites "We the People."
"We the People are resolute to stand to send a peaceful, lawful, and clear message to all city, state, and federal politicians and immigration enforcement officials who are enabling tens of thousands of illegal entrants, criminals and known terrorists from over 160 countries worldwide to cross daily into our country along our southern border!" the press release said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott looks on during a news conference on March 15, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Abbott has butted heads with big-city mayors over the migrant crisis at the southern border.
The convoy comes as part of a multi-faceted standoff between Texas and the Biden administration on how to deal with the ongoing border crisis.
TEXAS AGAIN REBUFFS BIDEN ADMIN'S DEMAND FOR ‘FULL ACCESS’ TO DISPUTED BORDER AREA
The Supreme Court this week sided with the administration when it granted an emergency appeal to allow agents to keep cutting border wire set up by Texas after a lower court had blocked such moves. However, Border Patrol currently has "no plans" to remove the wire unless in an emergency, a senior CBP official told Fox on Friday.
President Joe Biden speaks during an event at Earth Rider Brewery in Superior, Wisconsin, US, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.
The Biden administration has also sued over the Texas law, recently signed by Abbott, that allows state and local law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants. There has been another legal feud over the establishment of buoys by Texas in the Rio Grande.
Abbott has said Texas has a right to "self-defense" against what he says is federal inaction about a migrant "invasion."
The Biden administration has said that Texas is interfering with the federal enforcement of immigration law.
Abbott's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
Sat, January 27, 2024
JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, CA - DECEMBER 17: Migrants attempt to cross in to the U.S. from Mexico at the border December 17, 2023 in Jacumba Hot Springs, California. Asylum seekers are stuck in makeshift camps in the extreme climate of the US-Mexico border. (Photo by Nick Ut/Getty Images)
Large groups of concerned Americans are traveling toward the southern border to demand action from the Biden administration to fix the "wide open" flood of illegal migrants.
"Fellow citizens and compatriots ... I call on you in the name of liberty, of patriotism and everything dear to the American character to come to our aid with all dispatch," Pete Chambers, one of the coalition’s commanders, wrote on the "Take Our Border Back" website.
"If this call is neglected, we are determined to sustain ourselves as long as possible and act like soldiers who never forget what is due to our own honor and that of our country," Chambers wrote.
A Freedom Convoy demonstrator holds a "Hold The Line" sign while dancing in Ottawa, Canada.
The multi-state convoy is set to begin on Feb. 3, Take Our Border Back wrote in a press release.
The convoy will span cities from Virginia Beach, VA to Eagle Pass, Texas.
The truck gathering will branch off and hold rallies in Arizona, California and Texas, the press release said.
The convoy aims to "send a message" to local, state and federal officials to close the border and deport all illegal immigrants in its plan to "shed light" on open borders.
"Call for immediate action to secure our borders before irreversible serious consequences befall our nation," the press release said. "All are welcome to participate- peacefully!"
ABBOTT DECLARES TEXAS HAS ‘RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE’ FROM MIGRANT ‘INVASION’ AMID FEUD WITH BIDEN ADMIN
The press release noted that along with shedding light on the "wide open" borders, their aim is to request lawmakers to "uphold" all U.S. Constitutional laws.
The activists also hope to "slow and ultimately stop" drug and human trafficking "associated with open borders."
The press release said that the convoy reflects the "vibrant American spirit" that unites "We the People."
"We the People are resolute to stand to send a peaceful, lawful, and clear message to all city, state, and federal politicians and immigration enforcement officials who are enabling tens of thousands of illegal entrants, criminals and known terrorists from over 160 countries worldwide to cross daily into our country along our southern border!" the press release said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott looks on during a news conference on March 15, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Abbott has butted heads with big-city mayors over the migrant crisis at the southern border.
The convoy comes as part of a multi-faceted standoff between Texas and the Biden administration on how to deal with the ongoing border crisis.
TEXAS AGAIN REBUFFS BIDEN ADMIN'S DEMAND FOR ‘FULL ACCESS’ TO DISPUTED BORDER AREA
The Supreme Court this week sided with the administration when it granted an emergency appeal to allow agents to keep cutting border wire set up by Texas after a lower court had blocked such moves. However, Border Patrol currently has "no plans" to remove the wire unless in an emergency, a senior CBP official told Fox on Friday.
President Joe Biden speaks during an event at Earth Rider Brewery in Superior, Wisconsin, US, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.
The Biden administration has also sued over the Texas law, recently signed by Abbott, that allows state and local law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants. There has been another legal feud over the establishment of buoys by Texas in the Rio Grande.
Abbott has said Texas has a right to "self-defense" against what he says is federal inaction about a migrant "invasion."
The Biden administration has said that Texas is interfering with the federal enforcement of immigration law.
Abbott's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
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