AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas has stopped putting new money toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall, shifting course after installing only a fraction of the hundreds of miles of potential barrier , Texas spent $3 billion to build 65 miles of border wall. The state has now stopped the failed project Only eight percent of the 805 miles that the state has identified for construction are finished, With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program Texas officials suggested the federal government could pick up construction., The decision to stop funding new segments was made during the final hours of this year's legislative session. Texas Republicans appeared to end the funding without any public debate., Advertisement news Texas Texas ends funding for border wall construction $3.4 billion in budget will go instead to state DPS, National Guard., State lawmakers this month approved a new Texas budget that does not include continued funding for the wall, which had been a multibillion-dollar priority for Abbott as part of a sprawling immigration crackdown. He even took the unusual step of soliciting private donations for construction, saying in 2021 that many Americans wanted to help..