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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem The entire southern border wall will be painted black on Tuesday, as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to increase the effectiveness of the wall.
Noem said in front of a part of the southern border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico that the walls will be painted completely black to make it heat up, making it harder to climb and increase the lifespan of the metal.
Nome says new paint is at the request of the president Donald Trump.
“If you look at the structure behind me, it’s high, which makes it very, very difficult, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which will make digging difficult, if not impossible.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the entire southern border wall would be painted black as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to improve border security. (Alex Brandon/Pool by Reuters and Fox News Photos/Joshua Comins)
She added: “It’s especially at the request of the president, who knows that in the hot temperatures here, when things are painted black, it will get warmer and it will make it harder for people to climb.”
“So we will draw the entire southern border wall black to make sure that we encourage individuals not to enter our country illegally and not to violate our federal laws, but they will comply and come to our country in the right way so that they can stay and have the opportunity to become American citizens and pursue American dreams.”
Noem attributes to the passage Congress In July, what she said was “incredible resources” was “will allow us to continue building walls.”
The secretary said the building on the walls was moving at nearly half a mile every day. In addition to additional walls and new paint work, Norm said the government is investing in technology, cameras, sensors and water infrastructure, which she said will ensure that the border “will keep the border far away in the future, which will also be effective.”

A Border Patrol agent walked between the border wall between the United States and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on June 1, 2022. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
She also mentioned that the government is focused not only on the southern border, but also on the northern border, saying: “We are doing due diligence in protecting every inch of our border.”
“Remember that a country without borders is not a country at all,” she said. “We are very grateful that we have a president who understands this and understands that a safe border is important for the future of our country.”
Noem joined with several Border Patrol and officials, including the temporary chief patrol agent for Walter Slosar, the El Paso department. He shared that the industry now has an average of 41 agents per day, compared with 2,300 per day Biden gives medicine In 2023.
Slosar said the industry’s Gotaways’ seven-day average is currently 9 days. He said most of the arrests were single adults from Mexico, Guatemala and Ecuador.
When agents simply “watch” immigration passing by under Biden, Slosar said illegal people are now “escape from us.”

U.S. border, El Paso, Texas. (Kelly Laco/Fox News figures)
“We are arresting those people. Our view is the lowest they have ever seen. We are working with the Department of Justice… We are making criminal charges against those who take consequences, and our partners are making them in Ice ERO [Enforcement and Removal Operations] Those people are being removed from the United States. ”
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Slosar said the morale of the El Paso department’s Border Patrol “is better than ever because we are working on national security and we are ensuring the safety of the region.”
“Voice and information are important. Illegal entry into the country is not possible, and some people finally say that this is our leadership in the U.S. government,” he said.

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