Father, daughter drowning fuels anger at Trump migration policies

Former vice president Joe Biden, who is also seeking the presidency in 2020, called the image"gut-wrenching."

"They want to have open borders and open borders mean crime, and open borders mean people drowning in the rivers," Trump told reporters.The intertwined bodies in the viral photo are those of asylum-seeker Oscar Alberto Martinez, 25, and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria. They drowned on Sunday while trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas, while the child's mother watched helplessly from the river bank.

Lopez Obrador came to power in Mexico vowing to safeguard migrants' rights, but faced with a tariff threat from Trump he agreed to crack down on undocumented Central Americans trekking toward the United States. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York displayed the picture on the Senate floor during a speech on Wednesday.

The Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill on Wednesday providing US$4.6 billion in emergency humanitarian aid for the southwest border but it must now be reconciled with a version passed by the Democratic-held House.The photo comes amid a public outcry in the United States over the poor detention conditions of migrant children following a visit to a Border Patrol center in Clint, Texas, by a group of lawyers and doctors.

"Having already faced perilous journeys, some children are now being sheltered at facilities that are not equipped to meet the needs of this vulnerable population," Fore said in a statement.

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