Sen. Marsha Blackburn Marsha BlackburnTaylor Swift on National Voter Registration Day: 'We need everyone' Democrats smell blood with new DHS whistleblower complaint Hillicon Valley: Election officials prepare for new Russian interference battle | 'Markeyverse' of online fans helps take down a Kennedy | GOP senators unveil bill to update tech liability protections MORE (R-Tenn.) said Monday that every U.S. city would be a "border town" until President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE follows through with his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border.

“We need to realize until we close the southern border, every town is a border town, every state is a border state, because drugs, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gangs, it’s all there on the southern border,” Blackburn said while speaking on Fox News's "Fox & Friends."

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“So the president is right about this. Mexico needs to secure their southern border to end entry into Mexico, and then we do need to do some things there, getting Border Patrol what they need to do their job.”

Blackburn added that the situation at the border is a "national emergency" and that every Democratic lawmaker should work with Republicans to solve the crisis.

“Every Democrat should come forward and work with us, because this is in our interest to secure it, to stop these drugs coming into our country, to stop the sex trafficking, to stop these gangs," Blackburn said.

“This is something that needs to be done because they continue to come across the border until we get that barrier, they’re going to put their foot on U.S. soil and say 'asylum,' " she added, referring to Trump's long-sought border wall, which he wants to fund through the declaration of a national emergency. "And our Border Patrol is overrun.”

The comments from Blackburn arrive as Trump escalates his rhetoric about what he views as a broken immigration system. Trump multiple times last week threatened to close the U.S-Mexico border unless the Mexican government stopped illegal crossings.

"Mexico is doing NOTHING to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants to our Country," Trump tweeted at one point last week. "They are all talk and no action. Likewise, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have taken our money for years, and do Nothing. The Dems don’t care, such BAD laws. May close the Southern Border!"

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan stated last week that that immigration enforcement had reached a "breaking point."

Trump threatened to close the southern border in November and December of last year. He did not follow through on either of the threats. He tweeted Monday that Democrats can fix issues related to asylum if they work with Republicans.

"We have a major National Emergency at our Border," he said. "GET IT DONE NOW!"