Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced plans to paint the entire southern border wall black to increase heat on the metal and deter illegal crossings, crediting President Trump with the idea. Noem visited a portion of the wall in New Mexico, participated in painting, and praised the wall's height and depth to prevent climbing or tunneling. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks said black paint would also help deter rust. Homeland Security will receive about $46 billion in new funding to complete roughly 2,000 miles of border infrastructure, building about a half-mile of barrier daily and adapting designs to local topography, including water-borne projects along the Rio Grande.
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. 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, Noem said.
During Trump's first term, building the wall was a central focus of his hardline immigration policy. During his second term, his mass deportation agenda with arrests in the interior of the country has been the main focus, but Homeland Security will be getting about $46 billion to complete the wall as part of new funding passed by Congress this summer. Noem said they have been building about a half mile of barrier every day.
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