Wall Gets A Paint Job: And the Military Was Tasked With the Job
Active-duty members of the military deployed near the U.S.-Mexico border have been assigned to spend a month painting a mile-long stretch of barriers to improve their “aesthetic appearance.”Lawmakers were notified of the action on Wednesday in an email message from the DHS, CBS reported.
“While the primary purpose is to improve the aesthetic appearance of the wall, there may also be an operational benefit based on our experience with painted barrier in Nogales, Arizona,” the DHS official wrote. Those barriers were painted white, the email read, which contrasts sharply than the original brown, preventing camouflaging tactics by anyone crossing the border, wrote military times.
DHS informed Congress today that troops are going to spend the next month painting the border wall & “the primary purpose is to improve the aesthetic appearance.” A disgraceful misuse of taxpayer $$. Our military has more important work to do than making Trump’s wall beautiful, Sen Dick Durbin, a rabid opponent of the border wall confirmed in a tweet 5 June.
CPB official confirmed the wall painting task to CBS, stating that the project is to cost approximately $150K.
The number of troops and the exact timing of the project was not specified
Vice news went to the border to try to find out more details.
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