First of all these are not ‘armed’ people and neither do they declare they are at war with the US. Therefore it’s still an ‘immigration’ issue and handled differently regardless how angry it makes us.
Declaring National emergencies is not uncommon in this case as Trump stated...”We have an invasion of drugs and criminals coming into our country,” Further he anticipated legal challenges in announcing the emergency which of course are now in the courts.
However declaring this nat’l emergency did give him broader powers which he’s currently using as we’ve seen on the border.
Look - no matter which way you slice it, the job is NOT getting done.
Regardless of the excuses, or who is responsible, this is a huge problem and it is getting progressively worse.
Do you not see this as a serious problem that requires urgent attention? Perhaps that is the reason you’re not particularly alarmed at the lack of progress after 30+ months, I don’t know.
Still, we do not have forever to take care of it. In fact some argue the window of opportunity has already closed.