On the recording you can hear their voices. Children. Who knows exactly how many. There is one crying hard. The exhausted, exhausting sobs of a desperate, scared little person. Another one is calling for his ‘Daddy’. Another, sounds like a girl this time, wails for ‘Mommy’. This is the US–Mexico border. These kids are in Trumpland now, and no one knows when, or if, they will see their parents again.

Since April, the Trump Administration has separated almost 2000 children from their parents when the families attempted to cross into America, seeking asylum, and a better life for their children. President Donald Trump has tweeted that the separations are, variously, Democrats’ fault, Congress’ fault, not really happening the way ‘fake news’ is saying, and a way to force lawmakers to give him the hardline immigration deal that he wants.