00:00This is a military-grade heat ray.
00:02It's a non-lethal weapon being considered to push back migrants trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
00:08It shoots an invisible beam of directed energy that causes a burning sensation when it comes in contact with human
00:13skin.
00:14And while it won't kill you, people have described it as feeling like a hot oven.
00:18No permanent injury caused by it. Very safe system.
00:21It is something that, once again, probably the safest system that we've developed as far as the non-lethal capability.
00:28Although the first Trump administration considered using it against migrants in 2018, it has never been used for that purpose.
00:35But last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo that indicates the Trump administration is once again developing ways
00:41to potentially use it at the southern border.
00:44Now, U.S. officials had previously considered deploying the system during moments of domestic unrest, including at the end of
00:49President Trump's first term when protesters erupted over the shooting of George Floyd.
00:53Trump officials are now reviving the idea of potentially deploying the controversial weapon at the border despite legal and moral
01:01concerns that were raised in years past.
01:03Trump officials are now reviving the system.
01:03Trump officials are now reviving the system.
01:03Trump officials are now reviving the system.
01:03Trump officials are now reviving the system.
