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From Snakes To Spikes, Reporters Reveal Trump's Extreme Border Proposals

Government contractors erect a section of a Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River in Yuma, Ariz., on Sept. 10. Matt York/AP hide caption

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From Snakes To Spikes, Reporters Reveal Trump's Extreme Border Proposals

Border Wars authors Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael Shear chronicle the president's attempts to upend the nation's immigration system — including a proposed alligator-filled border trench.

From Snakes To Spikes, Reporters Reveal Trump's Extreme Border Proposals

Government contractors erect a section of a Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River in Yuma, Ariz., on Sept. 10. Matt York/AP hide caption

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National Security

From Snakes To Spikes, Reporters Reveal Trump's Extreme Border Proposals

From Snakes To Spikes, Reporters Reveal Trump's Extreme Border Proposals

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