Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday announced she will deploy 275 Alabama National Guard soldiers to the southern border, declaring “every state has become a border state.”

“Every state has become a border state under the current policies, and Alabama remains committed to being an integral part of the mission to protect our southern border,” the governor said in a statement Thursday. “The Alabama National Guard always stands ready to protect our citizens, and I thank our 275 troops, as well as their families, for their important service to our country.”

Ivey was among 25 governors across the nation who in urged President Biden to “provide honest, accurate, detailed information on where the migrants admitted at the southern border are being relocated in the United States, in addition to comprehensive data on asylum claim timelines and qualification rates, and successful deportations.”

“The crisis at the southern border extends to every state. As a result of your policies which incentivize illegal immigration, our states are carrying the burden of both the years-long surge in illegal border crossings and cartels’ coordinated trafficking of drugs and human beings,” the governors wrote in the Sept. 19 letter to Biden. “States are on the front lines, working around-the clock responding to the effects of this crisis: shelters are full, food pantries empty, law enforcement strained, and aid workers exhausted.”

Thursday’s announcement was not the first time Ivey announced the deployment of Alabama National Guard troops to the border. She also did so in 2018 and 2021.

Last year, Ivey announced Alabama joined the 26-member American Governors’ Border Strike Task Force to coordinate efforts to deter illegal immigration.