Actually Bush asked for and received funding for a fence then after the election asked the Senator from Texas, Kay Baily Hutchinson to offer an amendment to a bill that removed it. Typical political Flim Flam.
thanks....and iirc that POS Kay Baily Hutchinson encouraged and coordinated border towns, border ranchers and landowners to throw up all kinds of opposition via lawsuits over ecological issues etc relating to putting up a fence. Such as animals x y and z can no longer migrate due to a border fence.
That vile POS lost her race to become governor of Texas.