The View's opening segment on Friday was dedicated to President Joe Biden's decision to continue construction on the United States-Mexico border wall.

During Biden's presidential campaign, he promised not to build another foot of barrier if he was elected. On the first day of his presidency, $8.5 million had been put toward the wall, with another $2 million that former President Donald Trump had redirected from the Pentagon going unspent and ultimately being returned. Instead, the $5 million allotted by Congress toward infrastructure is now going to fill 129 gaps in the border wall.

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The hosts said they were confused by the president's statement that "there’s nothing under the law other than they have to use the money for what it was appropriated," referring to the $5 million.

"Who are they? Isn't he in charge?" host Joy Behar asked. Fellow host Ana Navarro explained that Congress had appropriated the funds.

"This is a big criticism of this administration, and Democrats in general, is their messaging sucks," Sara Haines said. "I’d put Biden on the mic right away. He's a real talk guy. Put him on the mic and say, 'We’re not going to take questions but I got to be straight with you. This is not my wall. This is Congress’s wall. It was appropriated in 2019. I’d be literally committing a crime by disobeying this, and we have a lot of that already happening so we’re going to go ahead and follow the law.'

"It didn’t come out strong and I thought the messaging looked weak and was confusing," Haines went on.

"Part of the reason the messaging is bad from Democrats, and I agree with you they could do a lot better in tooting their own horns, today the job numbers came out. They are astounding," Navarro said. "And Democrats in Congress, a lot of them instead of focusing on that and celebrating that, the accomplishments, are talking about 20 miles of wall."

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The total number of people apprehended for illegally crossing the border or reported as evading capture last month was at least 261,327. This was the greatest number reported in August in U.S. history, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data on record.

The appropriations will go on to not only fix the 20 miles, which represents just over 1% of the total border, but also will add vehicle gates, finishing touches on drainage systems, permanent erosion control, and slope stabilization measures, road construction along the border, and the disposal of unused materials.