20/08/2025
US President Trump has painted the U.S.-Mexico border wall black, saying that when something is painted black, it gets hotter for illegal immigrants to climb.
The US is to paint the entire southern border wall with Mexico black to make the metal hotter and make it harder for migrants to climb.
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on Tuesday to announce the measure.
She said the black paint idea was specifically at the request of the US 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," she said.
"We are going to be painting the entire southern border wall black," she added. Later, she picked up a roller brush to help out.
She later posted on X that since Donald Trump began his second term in office "we got to work" to tackle the "worst border crisis in history".
Source: Sky news
