The excerpt from "Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration, written by “New York Times” reporters, examines a period in March when Trump was preparing to shut down the entire border with Mexico.
Authors allege that the President Trump suggested soldiers shooting migrants who threw rocks. When told that was illegal, he suggested just shooting them in the legs to slow them down.
Other suggestions the president is alleged to have privately floated: Fortifying the border wall with electric spikes “that could pierce human flesh”