At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That's forced the state to largely build on ranchland in remote areas, or erect sections that are full of gaps.

Surplus border wall material headed for auction in Arizona was blocked by the U.S. government, per Texas' lieutenant governor.

The state of Texas has never publicly shared where it built its own border wall, despite spending more than three billion dollars of taxpayer money on construction so far. Today our news partners at "The Texas Tribune" are out with an in-depth report showing for the first time exactly where the state has built scattered sections of these barriers.