Trump news at a glance: children targeted in immigration crackdown

The moves have prompted alarm about what one critic called backdoor family separation' - key US politics stories from Monday 28 April

As part of President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown, unaccompanied minors are now being targeted for deportation, with the Department of Homeland Security engaging in welfare checks" on children who arrived in the US alone, usually across the US-Mexican border.

The moves have sparked fears of a crackdown and prompted alarm about what one critic called backdoor family separation".