WATCH: Dozens Of Republican Governors Stand With Texas Amid Abbott's Border Showdown With Biden Admin

On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) took a stand against the Biden administration by arguing that the state of Texas has the right to defend itself from the ongoing invasion currently underway along the Rio Grande as tens of thousands of migrants enter the Lone Star State each month. The governor laid out his argument in an open letter to the Biden administration. His courageous act has led to dozens of Republican governors from across the country standing alongside him.

"The federal government has broken the compact between the United States and the States. The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now," Abbott began. "President Biden has refused to enforce those laws and has even violated them. The result is that he has smashed records for illegal immigration."

The governor went on to explain that President Biden has ignored Texas's demands to secure the border and follow federal law, thus forcing Abbott's hand. "James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the other visionaries who wrote the U.S. Constitution foresaw that States should not be left to the mercy of a lawless president who does nothing to stop external threats like cartels smuggling millions of illegal immigrants across the border," the Texas governor wrote, adding that Article IV, Section 4 promises that the federal government will protect the states from invasion and that Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 allows for the states to take action if the federal government fails to act.

Abbott's letter comes after the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 vote that the federal government has the authority to remove barriers placed along the border by the state of Texas that were meant to dissuade migrants from entering the United States illegally. The decision gives Border Patrol agents the authority to cut razor wire deployed by the Texas National Guard as a part of Gov. Abbott's Operation Lone Star. While the Supreme Court did lift the federal government's prohibition on cutting the razor wire, the actual merits of the case are still being considered in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Amid Governor Abbott's courageous stand, a host of other Republican governors have come out to support him, including executive leaders from Florida, Virginia, Georgia, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Alabama, Montana, Idaho, Utah, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

"If President Biden won't defend us, states will have to defend themselves. Arkansas stands with Texas," wrote Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR). "Enough is enough. Our southern border is in crisis thanks to the Biden administration's refusal to do their job," Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) wrote. "[Greg Abbott] and the state of Texas have our full support."

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) also came out in support of the Lone Star State by posting a video to X/Twitter and writing, "If the Constitution really made states powerless to defend themselves against an invasion, it wouldn't have been ratified in the first place, and Texas would have never joined the union when it did. TX is upholding the law while Biden is flouting it. FL will keep assisting Texas with personnel and assets."

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