The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has sent a warning to law-enforcement officials across the country that a convoy of truckers, like the one that has been blocking roads in Canada, could make its way across the U.S., snarling traffic on roads and highways.
DHS issued the warning Tuesday, adding that a convey similar to the “Freedom Convoy” in Canada could disrupt the Super Bowl, which is being played in Inglewood, California, 46 miles from Los Angeles.
A DHS bulletin said the agency “has received reports of truck drivers planning to potentially block roads in major metropolitan cities in the United States in protest of, among other things, vaccine mandates for truck drivers.”
The DHS warning was first reported by Yahoo News.
“The convoy will potentially begin in California as early as mid-February and arrive in Washington, DC, as late as mid-March, potentially impacting the Super Bowl LVI scheduled for 13 February and the State of the Union Address scheduled for 1 March,” the bulletin said.
The warning went on to say, “While there are currently no indications of planned violence or civil unrest, if hundreds of trucks converge in a major metropolitan city, the convoy could potentially severely disrupt transportation, federal government and law enforcement operations, and emergency services through gridlock and potential counterprotests.”
Truckers from the Ottawa demonstrations could join those gathering in Washington, the DHS memo added.
The Biden administration has called on Canadian officials to work to end the demonstration, which has gone on for nearly two weeks.