U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black — a move she credited to U.S. President Donald Trump — to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration.

Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New Mexico, where she also picked up a paint roller to help out with the painting.

She touted the wall's height and depth as ways to deter people seeking to go over or under it. And then Noem said Homeland Security was going to be trying black paint to make the metal hotter.

"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 cl

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