United States President Donald Trump is staying firm on his border protection policy, saying separating children from their families at the US-Mexico border is the only way to curb illegal migration.
The Trump administration says 90 per cent of children entering the U-S from countries like Mexico are unaccompanied minors and the current policy acts as a deterrent to people-smugglers.
But criticism of the policy has intensified in recent days after video emerged of children being kept in concrete-floored cages in detention centres.
The First Lady Melania Trump has weighed in on the debate saying she "hates" to see families separated at the border.
Journalist Giampiero Gramaglia reports.
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