Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers quietly stopped funding the project.

Andrew Mahaleris, a senior aide to Governor Greg Abbott, said efforts to secure the border have enabled the state to make adjustments.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that his state would be the first to build its own border wall. But, several years and more than $3 billion into the project, the wall barely exists.