Trump says US is not 'migrant camp' amid family separation crisis

President Donald Trump said the United States will not become a "migrant camp," but he faces a severe backlash for his administration's anti-immigration policy that results in the separation of families at the border. [AFP]

President Donald Trump vowed Monday 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.

While top administration officials stood by Trump's policy of "zero tolerance" towards unauthorized border crossers, and insisted children were being held in humane conditions, criticism swelled from rights groups and within the president's own Republican Party.