@Right_in_Virginia back in 2006 the Secure Fence Act was indeed passed by both Houses and signed into law. Funding obviously has been the problem.
So, Trump isn't the first candidate to come up with the idea of needing to secure the border and mass deportation. Cruz addressed that long before Trump.
Trump WAS elected on his campaign and promise of securing the border and building the wall. He FAILED. The majority of the wall that was erected under him was mostly repairing existing wall that was built years ago.
You can throw all kinds of stats and charts around, but plain and simple, Trump did NOT complete nor erect the wall. The wall was started long before he took office. I used to donate to a group that had cameras on the progress of the wall, and for $$ you could have a portion of the wall built and an American flag put in place. No the wall wasn't completed, but the point is, Trump is NOT the first one to come up with building a wall, nor securing the border.
Groups such as Numbers USA and Federation for American Immigration Reform have been working on this for years.
It has been a political boomerang between the party for years.
Trump waited till the last minute to ask for funding. Of course we all know that the new DEM Congress was just about to be sworn in when he asked. He FAILED.
Stop trying to convince us that building the wall was his idea. It was started long before; so much so, that the majority of the $$ that he did get was used was to replace or reinforce wall that was already there.
Next.