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August 28, 2020

Trump Administration Considered Using "Heat Ray" Against Asylum-Seekers in 2018
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The New York Times reports top officials with the Department of Homeland
Security in 2018 suggested deploying to the U.S.-Mexico border a
so-called "heat ray" designed by the military to make people's skin feel
as if it's burning when they are within range of the weapon's invisible
beams. The disturbing suggestion reportedly came two weeks before the
2018 midterm election as President Trump pushed for extreme action to
stop a caravan of thousands of refugees, mostly from Central America,
from coming to the U.S.


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