This video explains that while the news media has been reporting a “crisis” happening between Texas and the U.S. federal government where the U.S. has been cutting through barbed wire that Texas has been putting up, portions of the “border wall” are actually open for migrants to cross through starting as close as half a mile from where the controversy exists.
[Note though that there are still questions of states rights vs. federal rights when it comes to immigration enforcement. Actually I think it would be preferable for federal rights to have precedence in immigration issues since it would combat the harmful policies of “sanctuary cities” and “sanctuary states” once the federal legislation has been corrected (which is possible if an awakening will happen).
I believe the most effective deterrents to illegal immigration are to stop allowing migrants to apply for amnesty, ending the policy of birthright citizenship for illegal migrants, erecting a physical barrier that is actually effective, and deporting new migrants who illegally come into the country after those policies have been implemented.]