US EditionNoem says entire southern border wall to be painted black
The black paint aims to increase wall temperature to deter climbing and prevent rust, with funding from a $46.5 billion border infrastructure bill, officials said.
- At a Santa Teresa news conference on Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the entire southern border wall will be painted black as an added physical deterrent and credited President Donald Trump with the idea.
- Citing recent months of lower crossings, officials said illegal migrants crossing from Mexico have dropped substantially, reviving President Donald Trump's 2020 plan to paint the border wall black.
- Noem described the deterrent effect, saying painting the border wall would raise surface temperatures and discourage scaling, while U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks added the paint would prevent rusting; Noem demonstrated the plan with a paint roller demonstration, noting timeline and costs remain unclear.
- The funding picture shows $46.5 billion allocated for border infrastructure while construction proceeds at just under half a mile per day amid 7,800 CBP encounters last month.
- Noem framed the painting as one element of a multi-pronged strategy, noting the wall's appearance varies with topography and the addition of cameras, sensors and `water-borne infrastructure` as officials revived the plan amid zero illegal border crossings recorded for May, June and July.
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Trump Wants To Paint Border Walls Black
The border is getting a paint job. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that the entire wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration — an idea she said was “specifically at the request” of President Trump. Now, if you look at the structure that’s behind me, it’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the g…
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Trump admin will paint border wall black so it will be too hot to touch
President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem want the U.S.’s southern border wall painted black to keep people from climbing over it. Noem made the announcement Tuesday as she visited a segment of the wall in New Mexico, even wielding a roller herself. The wall is already high and deep, she said at a press conference while standing in front of it, and soon it will be too hot to handle. “That is specifically at the request of the p…
Trump DHS Official Insists Painting Entire Border Wall Black Is ‘Using U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Well’
Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin insisted on Wednesday that the Trump administration was “using U.S. taxpayer dollars well” with its plan to paint the entire southern border wall black. During an appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime, McLaughlin boasted: Secretary Noem was just down in El Paso visiting the border, which we’ve had zero crossings the last two months, and she’s painting that border wal…
National Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico will be painted black to make it warmer and deter illegal immigration, and attributed the idea to President Trump. Noem spoke during a visit to a part of the wall in New Mexico, where he also picked up a roller to help with the painting. She promoted the height and depth of the wall as ways to deter those who try to pass over or…
On a visit along the wall in New Mexico, US Homeland Security Minister Kristi Noem motivated this decision to "make the walls warmer" and deter illegal immigration.
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