The United States government is planning to paint the entire southern border with Mexico black to make the structure hot to the touch and further deter people from trying to climb it.

The announcement for the project came Tuesday, with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying the idea is the brainchild of U.S. President Donald Trump .

“It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under. And today we are also going to be painting it black,” Noem said during a news conference in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, as she stood in front of the enormous, slatted steel structure.

“That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands

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