(CNN) President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs in order to slow them down after they crossed the southern border during a March meeting in which he called for a shutdown of the entire US-Mexico border, The New York Times reported Tuesday. But he had also pivoted to removing staff who had opposed him, an idea largely advocated by White House aide Stephen Miller in his push for greater influence on immigration policy. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment on the report. Trump shouted during the meeting, adding in a profanity, multiple officials in the room told the Times. Migration over the southern border has been at the root of much of Trump's most frenzied rhetoric, including referring to migrants who enter the country illegally as an "infestation" and an "invasion."

Source: CNN October 01, 2019 23:15 UTC