Bangladesh, Jan. 31 -- US House lawmaker Roger Williams, a Republican from Texas, said on Tuesday that he welcomes a convoy of protesters to travel to the US-Mexico border and hold rallies as the border state has been in a standoff with the federal government over border security.

The protest group called “Take Our Border Back” launched a cross-country drive on Monday in Virginia heading toward Florida before bending west along the Gulf of Mexico, with separate rallies planned later in hot spots for unlawful immigration in Texas, Arizona and California on February 3.

Their goal is to “shed light on the obvious dangers posed by wide open Southern borders,” according to local media reports.

“The time is now ...