These Photos Of Kids At The Border Will Break Your Heart

The Trump administration's controversial policy of separating children from parents is hard to watch.

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A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by US Border Patrol agents on June 12 near Mission, Texas.

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A 2-year-old Honduran asylum-seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained on June 12 in McAllen, Texas.

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A Honduran mother removes her 2-year-old daughter's shoelaces, as required by US Border Patrol agents, on June 12 in McAllen, Texas.

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Central American asylum-seekers are taken into custody on June 12 in McAllen, Texas.

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Central American asylum-seekers on June 12 near McAllen, Texas. The immigrant families were sent to a processing center for possible separation.

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A Mission Police Dept. officer, left, and a US Border Patrol agent watch over a group of Central American asylum-seekers on June 12 near McAllen, Texas.

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Central American asylum-seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take them into custody on June 12 near McAllen, Texas. The families were sent to a US Customs and Border Protection processing center for possible separation.

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Border Patrol agents ask a group of Central American asylum-seekers to remove hair bands and wedding rings on June 12 near McAllen, Texas.

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A 4-year-old boy weeps in the arms of a family member as he and others were apprehended by Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing into the US border from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, on May 2.

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People who illegally crossed the Mexico–U.S. border turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents near McAllen, Texas, on May 9.

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