Mexico threatened to invade Texas.
In 1814 he led an unsuccessful attempt to invade Texas from Louisiana.
The following month, Mexican troops under General Rafael Vásquez invaded Texas.
Immediately Santa Anna, the Dictator of Mexico, gathered a large army and invaded Texas.
"They've got a major concentration at Shreveport, and it's a good guess they're going to get into Oklahoma or possibly invade Texas when the time is right."
In 1819, James Long led an expedition to invade Texas.
His first official act, on December 16, was to deliver an address to Congress alleging that Mexican armies were preparing to invade Texas.
Three years ago, the bees invaded Texas.
In early August 1812 his recruits, calling themselves the Republican Army of the North, invaded Texas.
The threat of marching a third-world army through Mexico and invading Texas?