Everything goes at a snails pace, these days. Haven't you noticed? There is no urgency that keeps the lawyers from tying everything up in court arguing about environmental impact studies and animal migration patterns. The WTC is still a hole in the ground and Gitmo detainess await trial while the lawyers file endless suits about everything they can dream up. Then there are disputes with Mexico over where the border is.
This is all going on over every mile in an atmosphere that is corrupt and hostile to the fence. If the people who live along the border had wanted a fence, they would have built one, themselves. Where they don't, they just gum up the works and have many activists to help them do it.
Hunter says he can built the fence in 6 months. I say we elect him and hold his feet to the fire.