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A US Border Patrol agent keeps watch at a gate On the US-Mexico border fence on June 18, 2018 near San Benito, Texas. President Donald Trump vowed on June 18 that the United States would not become a “migrant camp,” as he faced soaring pressure to end the separation of immigrant families on America’s southern border. / AFP PHOTO / Loren ELLIOTT

Several Central American children separated from parents at the southern US border are heard desperately sobbing and wailing in a recording released Monday by transparency group ProPublica, some so hard they almost cannot breathe.

At least 2,300 of these youngsters have been separated from their parents since April, when President Donald Trump’s administration launched its “zero tolerance” immigration policy.

In the past, some…



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