At least 10 states are sending National Guard troops or other personnel to Texas to support the state’s defense of the US-Mexico border, Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott announced Friday.

In an an interview with Tucker Carlson, Abbott, who is in India on state business, said that while 10 states have officially announced plans to support the Texas border fight, he believes all 25 states led by GOP governors will eventually send some form of support.

“It was until now that they sent the National Guard or other police,” he said. “They are now united with us. This is a fight for America’s future, and they all know it. And so I believe that they will all participate in this effort.

In an interview from India, Gov. Greg Abbott says ten other states have sent a national guard to the Texas border, and others will follow. Abbott says he is “prepared” for a showdown with federal authorities. pic.twitter.com/F58MLoOsAZ

– Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) 26 January 2024

While Abbott said he would be “shocked” if the Biden administration federalized the Texas National Guard, the governor said his administration remains “prepared” for any scenario, continuing to erect barbed wire or other anti-climb border barriers to defend the state.

“We are prepared in the unlikely event that, that unlikely event occurs to ensure that we can continue exactly what we have been doing for the past month, he stated.

“We will continue to do exactly what we are doing to increase our denial of illegal entry into the state of Texas.”

Earlier Friday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced he was in talks to send the Oklahoma National Guard to back up Texas, calling the border situation “a powder keg worth of tension.”

“Right now, you have the federal agents cutting the wire, then you have the Texas National Guard on order to set up the wire” Stitt told Newsmax on Thursday.

”This is a powder keg worth of tension, so it’s a very strange situation” he said.

The response follows a call from former President Donald Trump, who urged governors of “all willing states” to send Rangers troops to the border.

“In the face of this National Security, Public Safety and Public Health Disaster, Texas has rightly invoked the Invasion Clause of the Constitution, and must receive full support to repel the Invasion,” Trump said in a  statement on Thursday.

“We urge all willing States to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the entry of Counter-Illegitimates, and remove them back across the Border.

Other states, such as Florida, have already shown a willingness to support Texas’ border efforts, with Gov. Ron DeSantis warning of what he called an “invasion” across the border.

“If the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against invasion, it would not have been ratified in the first place and Texas would never have joined the union when it did,” DeSantis. wrote on X (formerly Twitter) [Texas] supports the law while Biden violates it.”

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol spokesman on Friday told Fox News the CBP has “no plans” to remove any border barriers and that ties between CBP and Texas agencies “remain strong.”

On Thursday, Republican governors of 25 states released an article statement saying the Biden administration has failed to stem the tide of what they called “unprecedented illegal immigration.”

The statement read in part: “President Biden and his Administration have left Americans and our country completely vulnerable to unprecedented illegal immigration flooding across the Southern border. Instead of upholding the rule of law and securing the border, the Biden Administration has attacked and sued Texas for acting to protect American citizens from historic levels of illegal immigrants, deadly drugs like fentanyl, and terrorists entering our country.”

The conflict between Texas and the federal government began in earnest this week after the US Supreme Court ruled the Biden administration could remove razor wire and other border barriers along the Rio Grande.

In its 5-4 decision Monday, the Supreme Court granted a temporary stay on a U.S. District Court ruling that barred the Biden administration from taking down any border barriers except in the event of a life-saving emergency.