Posted on 08/19/2025 9:38:31 PM PDT by Morgana
The border wall separating the United States and Mexico is being painted black to make it too hot for migrants to climb.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem revealed the project was a specific request from Donald Trump as the president celebrated 'ZERO releases' of illegal migrants into the country.
'In the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black it gets even warmer,' Noem said during a press conference in front of the wall on Tuesday.
She noted the structure is already hard to climb and near impossible to dig under, but said Trump's latest measure will help to secure the American border even further.
'There will be more added to it as far as technology, cameras, sensors,' she added.
The black paint, in addition to making the wall so hot to the touch that migrants will not be able to grip onto it, will have a dual purpose of protecting the steel from rust.
Temperatures can reach as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer months in Texas and Mexico, along the lines of the border wall.
The paint job will restore the border wall to Trump's initial design from his first presidency.
During his first term, parts of the wall along Calexico were being painted black, but the project was abandoned to speed up construction of the wall itself.
But now with more than three years left of his term, Trump has allocated an additional $46.5 billion to the completion of his border wall project.
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The paint thing only works in the summer, and when the sun is shining. You could electrify a bar running across the top of the fence, and make it solar-powered.
Electrify the fence. Easier to do and probably less costly.
Donald Trump endorses solar power.
Yes. Gators. Gators with lasers.
And sharks with laser beams on their heads.
Now you're talking! We could put servos and little speakers in them and have them wailing "Turn back!" - or maybe Disney audio-animatronics singing "It's A Small World". That would be cool.
😀 Wrangle some gators’with lazers’
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😀 Wrangle some gators’with lazers & let ‘em loose cowboy😂
😀 Wrangle some gators’with lazers & let ‘em loose cowboy😂
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