Convoy claiming to be ‘God’s army’ heading to Texas to protest border crisis

A group whose members have described themselves as “God’s army” is heading to the southern border to protest record numbers of migrants illegally crossing over from Mexico. 

Organizers with “Take Our Border Back” say they want to stand up to “globalists” who they believe are conspiring to let migrants illegally flood the country.

“This is a biblical, monumental moment that’s been put together by God,” one organizer said during a planning call, according to Vice News. 

“We are besieged on all sides by dark forces of evil,” said another. 

The group is planning a convoy, set to leave Virginia Beach on Monday for Texas, followed by three rallies on Feb. 3 at sites near Eagle Pass, Texas; Yuma, Arizona; and San Ysidro, California. 

A Jan. 12 news release called on any active and retired law enforcement and military, veterans, elected officials, truckers and other “LAW ABIDING, freedom-loving Americans” to join the movement. Their goal, the group claims, is to “shed light on the obvious dangers posed by wide open Southern borders.” 

As of Saturday afternoon, the convoy’s crowdfunding effort through the website GiveSendGo has raked in more than $90,000.

The group wants peaceful rallies, but admitted to Vice the demonstrations could get out of hand.

“We realize we may have infiltrators. There may be some people who try to subvert us, who jump in the convoy — provocateurs,” organizer Scotty Saks told the outlet. 

“We may have some, and they’re going to have to deal with our security team, they’ll be asked to leave.”

The rallies are coming amid escalating tensions between the Biden administration and Texas over the state’s efforts to secure the border. 

This week, a divided Supreme Court ruled Border Patrol agents could cut through razor wire Texas officials had installed along a 30-mile stretch near Eagle Pass, which has been overwhelmed by the migrant crisis. 

On Thursday, 25 Republican governors signed a letter backing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has continued to lay the sharp barrier to dissuade migrants from crossing through high-traffic sites despite the top court’s ruling. 

In December, Customs and Border Protection agents had a record-breaking 302,034 migrant encounters at the southern border, according to data released Friday.