US President Donald Trump has defended his policy of splitting up families entering the US illegally, defying a growing chorus of condemnation.
Speaking at a business convention, Trump said children had to be taken away if their parents were jailed for illegally crossing the US border.
The president had earlier sparked outrage for tweeting that undocumented immigrants would "infest" the US.
Mexico's foreign minister has called the US policy cruel and inhuman.
Trump is meeting Republican lawmakers later to discuss a bill that proposes to curb the policy.
US immigration officials say 2,342 children have been separated from 2,206 parents from 5th May to 9th June amid a zero‑tolerance crackdown on illegal immigration brought in by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
[Source: BBC News]
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