His wall remains unfunded by lawmakers, deportations are lagging behind rates under the Obama administration, and illegal border crossings have spiked.

By David Nakamura @ WashingtonPost.com, Aug. 8

[....] Nearly 19 months into his presidency — and three months ahead of pivotal midterm elections — the envisioned $25 billion border wall remains unfunded by lawmakers. Deportations are lagging behind peak rates under President Barack Obama, while illegal border crossings, which plummeted early in Trump’s tenure, have spiked.

And government data released Wednesday showed that the number of migrant families taken into custody along the southern border remained nearly unchanged from June to July — an indication that the Trump administration’s move to separate thousands of parents and children did little to deter others from attempting the journey [....]

At three campaign rallies last week, in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, Trump boasted about job growth, his Supreme Court nominees, the GOP tax cuts and North Korea. Immigration was not on his list of accomplishments. Instead, Trump blasted Congress for blocking his border wall and accused Democrats of wanting to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an effort to shift the debate to a proposal suggested by only a handful of Democrats [....]