Why wouldn’t they fund the wall? The DC Sewer Rodents (swamphings is too kind) have been funding it through at least two prior presidencies.
Not really, they have given lip service mostly. A lot of miles of the fence that was supposed to have been built under the secure fence act still has not been built. Construction was just stopped, no money was the excuse. Long stretches of the border still have barb wire cattle fencing and that is it. Many more miles there was only a vehicle barrier built and no real fence. Virtual fences have failed; the heat, wind, dirt is hard on them and the border is so isolated in many areas it is next to impossible for them to get maintenance done.
Most of the money that has been spent was for repair, replace fence that gets destroyed by smugglers on a regular basis in high traffic areas. I think funding was more talk than reality in the past. The truth is the dims and RINOs do not want a secure border.