The media would have you believe that the wall is not currently going up but it is, in fact, going up as of October 2019. With funding from the Pentagon Trump was able to get many more miles of border wall constructed. 

The Democrats have been arguing that the United States doesn’t need a border wall at all, this is plain wrong. If the United States were to construct a full border wall it would not only keep migrants out but its symbology alone would deter would-be illegal migrants from even trying to get to the United States.