'Reclaim our borders' convoy ends with rally over 'national security crisis'

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by mary kay lindge

Hundreds of protesters gathered in prayer-filled rallies in three border states on Saturday to demand an end to illegal immigration, calling the border troops “Army of God” as they moved from Virginia to Texas this week. I stood at the head of the convoy that passed.

“This is a national security crisis,” organizer Scotty Sachs said at the first of three “Reclaim Our Borders” demonstrations in the Golden State, Arizona and Texas, with about 200 protesters in San Ysidro, Calif. spoke to an audience of people.

“We have a human trafficking problem at the border that is bigger than we could have ever imagined,” he said.

“The United States is the largest sponsor of human trafficking, but we are not proud of that.”

In Texas, rally participants at Cornerstone Children's Ranch in Quemado waved American flags and banners in support of former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

About 300 vehicles, ranging from 18-wheelers to buses to motorcycles, were part of the Reclaim the Border Convoy by the time it arrived at the scene in Texas late Friday, according to the Kinney County Sheriff's Office. told NewsNation.

Hundreds more cars arrived Saturday and lined up on the country road outside the ranch.

The rally was held just 500 feet from the Rio Grande and 16 miles north of Eagle Pass, a border patrol hub that has been flooded with illegal immigrants in recent months.

The grassroots group describes itself as a “peaceful gathering of Americans of all political classes and ethnicities to pray for an end to the immigration crisis.”

The company's GiveSendGo fundraising campaign raised about $165,000 to cover gas, permits, a rally stage and other costs.

“We are just ordinary citizens: farmers, ranchers, former police officers,” organizer Kim Yater told The Post on Tuesday.

“I'm not some crazy conspiracy theorist.”

But the number of participants was far short of the 700,000 demonstrators Yater had predicted.

More than 2.4 million people were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border last year, reaching a record high of 302,000 in December, according to the Department of Homeland Security.