Shoot to kill, shoot in the leg—Trump had long entertained the harshest methods to stop immigrants, no matter how extreme, medieval, or even comical. This was the administration that was considering heat rays to burn border crossers. At one point, Trump suggested digging a moat along the border and even populating it with alligators. It became such a joke that one homeland security official noted wryly in a meeting that “it’s not a greatest hits until he brings up sharks and alligators.”
