Armed vigilante groups (not militias, as those are Constitutionally-defined) are threatening to close the legal border crossings in Starr County, Texas with a show of solidarity (and guns) on September 20.
Let's see: A group is incensed at illegal border crossings. They decide they can "help" by arming themselves and going down to the border. They then close the legitimate border crossings (you know, where they want foreigners to cross) in protest and block traffic, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage.
How is this not domestic terrorism? Oh yes, because it is from the right.
More below the orange border fence barbed wire.
KRGV Channel 5 in the Rio Grande Valley reports on the threat.
Local politicians, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and Customs and Border Protection are meeting to deal with the issue.
The group is unnamed in the article.
Quoting from the article (the full article is available at the link):
Rio Grande City Mayor Ruben Villarreal said members of the group have a right to express their opinion. His is concerned about the group's intent, though.
"What can we expect? I don't know. The unknown becomes an issue that we really got to prepare for," Villarreal said.
"I'm a 100 percent sure that with the National Guard, with DPS, with Border Patrol and local law enforcement, we'll communicate and we'll handle whatever comes," he said.
"The level of communication that exists doesn't get talked about enough. It's an extraordinary amount of communication," Villarreal said.
Villarreal said he is worried about safety.
"If they're here to block traffic, to be a hindrance between traffic and the port of entry, that causes a problem. It's a huge safety issue," Villarreal said.
The mayor notes that whilst open carry is legal, it is very uncommon in Starr County