USA Donald Trump's solution for illegal immigration: a moat with crocodiles at the border

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The "impenetrable, powerful, beautiful wall" that Donald Trump wants to put on the border between Mexico and the United States to stop the arrival of undocumented immigrants from Central America is not enough. The president, in private conversations with his advisors, has suggested building "a wall with a pit full of snakes or alligators (...), electrified, with spikes on the top that could cut human flesh." This is explained by the 'New York Times' journalists Julie Davis and Michael Shear in their book 'Border Wars', which goes on sale next Tuesday, and has unleashed considerable controversy in the US.

Because the revelations of Davis and Shear don't end there. In the prepublication of the book in the 'New York Times' it is detailed how the president of the United States proposed last March to authorize the security forces that monitor the border to shoot at immigrants when they throw stones at them from Mexico. When White House advisers explained that this is illegal, since it constitutes a flagrant violation of Mexican national sovereignty, Trump doubled the bet and defended the shooting of migrants, but only at the legs "to make his progress slower." . That obviously is also illegal.

Trump's proposals, however, have some precedents. Last November, US law enforcement fired tear gas at immigrants within Mexican territory. The incident took place near the border point that separates San Diego from Tijuana.

And, in relation to the "skewers" of those who write Davis and Shear, there is a closer example: Melilla. In 2005, the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero began installing concertinas, that is, wire with blades, on the border between that city and Morocco. In December of last year, the Government of Pedro Sánchez announced the replacement of concertinas with other barriers that, he said, are more efficient and less dangerous. The new system is expected to be installed in 2020.

But, beyond Trump's proposals, what 'Border Wars' makes clear is the president's style. Davis and Shear - like other journalists who have covered the White House of Donald Trump, such as Michael Wolff or Bob Woodward - present a president who doesn't notice the details, constantly changing his mind, shouting at his subordinates and It works by impulses. Some impulses in which his obsession with immigration stands out.