TIME's Trump cover captures Zero Tolerance policy row

ANI  |  New York [USA] 

The latest cover of TIME's magazine, featuring US and a wailing child has captured the controversial 'Zero Tolerance' policy of the

Creating a photo illustration of the now-reversed policy of separating children from parents who illegally enter the United States, the July 2 edition of the magazine captioned it, "Welcome to America".

The picture of the child, featured in the magazine, was clicked by Pulitzer prize-winning

Moore had clicked the picture of a two-year-old girl child, standing at the United States-border who was left behind crying as his 'immigrant' mother was detained by the police.

took the picture of the child and posted on its cover page with the US looking down upon her.

shared the cover page on its handle and captioned it, "TIME's new cover: A reckoning after Trump's border separation policy: What kind of country are we?"

Moore had been clicking pictures of immigrants crossing the border though this particular picture became the most visible symbol of the immigration debate in

Recently, US drew flak for his policy as part of which the children of immigrant families are left behind while the parents are termed as the "prisoners". The migrant children are labelled as "unaccompanied minors" and sent to the government's custody or foster care.

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First Published: Fri, June 22 2018. 10:52 IST