State-built border wall under construction near the banks of the Rio Grande in Zapata Co. on Sept. 23, 2024. (Ben Lowy For The Texas Tribune, Ben Lowy For The Texas Tribune) ...

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With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.

Some of the border is naturally uncrossable or already covered with spans of federal wall. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who controls the Senate, did not respond to an interview request.

Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, said during the committee hearing that at an estimated $14 million a mile, DHS could build more than 3,000 miles of border fence. The U.S.-Mexico border only runs 1,950 ...

A section of state-built border wall under construction near the banks of the Rio Grande south of Laredo in Zapata Co. on Sept. 23, 2024.© Ben Lowy for The Texas Tribune ...

With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.

With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.

With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date.

Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments ...