Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem credited President Trump with the idea on Tuesday, saying that the whole border wall along the southern border with Mexico will be painted black to make it hotter and discourage illegal immigration.
When Noem visited a section of the wall in New Mexico, she grabbed up a roller brush to assist with the painting and spoke.
In order to discourage individuals from trying to climb over or under the barriers, she emphasized both the wall’s height and depth. Noem went on to say that in an attempt to make the metal hotter, Homeland Security would consider applying black paint.
The president expressly requested it because he knows that under these hot weather conditions, everything painted black gets much warmer and will be more difficult for people to climb. To ensure that we deter anyone from entering our country illegally, we will be painting the entire southern border wall black, Noem stated.
Mike Banks, the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, who accompanied Noem to the event, stated that the paint will also prevent rust.
The construction of the wall was a key component of Trump’s strict immigration policies throughout his first administration. Homeland Security will receive approximately $46 billion to finish the wall as part of fresh funding passed by Congress this summer, while his second term has primarily focused on his mass deportation plan with arrests in the nation’s interior.
According to Noem, they have been constructing a barrier of almost half a mile each day.
According to her, the geology and geography of the area where the border wall is constructed would greatly affect its appearance.
She stated that the department is working on water-borne infrastructure in addition to barriers like the one she saw on Tuesday. The Rio Grande River runs along large stretches of the approximately 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.
The Trump administration is working to finish the wall at the same time that the number of illegal border crossings has drastically decreased.
