'Take Our Border Back Convoy' heading through Central Texas to Eagle Pass

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.

A spokesperson for H-E-B reached out to KXAN to let us know company policy prohibits rallies or protests on company property regardless of the reason for the event. They have attempted to let organizers of the event know they will need to gather somewhere else.

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."

Some border residents and advocacy groups are wary, however. The League of United Latin American Citizens issued its second-ever "National Alert" in response to the convoy, warning of possible violence and criticizing Gov. Abbott of spreading harmful rhetoric.

"When you incite people like that, and you make them angry, they lose their head," LULAC National Vice President for the Southwest Ray Mancera said. "That's the same thing that happened with this guy that came over from Dallas to El Paso to shoot. He came down hunting for Mexicans. We have not forgotten El Paso."

The convoy's official conduct expectations requires that members agree to "peacefully participate."