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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that the entire southern border wall will be painted black to make it too hot to climb under the desert sun.
The new paint job — covering roughly 700 miles of existing wall and future expansions — was ordered by President Trump as an added deterrent to illegal crossings, Noem said at a press conference in front of the barrier in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
“It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under. And today we are also going to be painting it black,” the DHS secretary said.
“That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black, it gets even warmer, and it will make it even harder for people to climb,” Noem continued.
“So we are going to be painting the entire southern border wall black to make sure that we encourage individuals to not come into our country illegally,” she added.
Watch the clip below:
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the entire southern border wall will be painted black, so it will get hot in the sun and "make it even harder for people to climb."
"That is specifically at the request of the president." https://t.co/fDAt90dmk6 pic.twitter.com/rZZZhZ3SVx
— ABC News (@ABC) August 19, 2025
Additional technology, including cameras and sensors, will also be deployed to further thwart illegal border crossings, which have plunged to the lowest levels on record under Trump.
Dem responses below:
We are ruled by the dumbest people in America. https://t.co/dt4QHxLF30
— Maine (@TheMaineWonk) August 20, 2025
Straight out of the Wile E. Coyote playbook https://t.co/q8AqtcRlO9
— Jennifer Corbett (@JenniferCorbett) August 20, 2025
“This [paint] is specifically at the request of the President” https://t.co/ftW3xRVn9c pic.twitter.com/OMZHfqzdHr
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) August 20, 2025
The crazy thing is that despite this costing literally billions of dollars; they have the money for it!
That’s right, Congress decided to cut funding for benefits for Americans and instead give CBP billions for the border wall, which they’ll now use to paint the thing black. https://t.co/mgy0Kutq9l
— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) August 20, 2025
More over at The New York Post:
Southern border wall will be painted black to make it ‘even harder for people to climb,’ DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says https://t.co/CADdb1pjQC pic.twitter.com/JQ7GmXcG7R
— New York Post (@nypost) August 20, 2025
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