Time Magazine Stands By Its Controversial Trump Cover

The viral photo in the illustration is the 'most visible symbol' of the immigration debate, editor-in-chief says

Time Magazine is standing by its cover of this week’s issue, a photo illustration showing President Trump looking down at a crying Honduran girl as a border patrol agent searches her mother.

The photo has gone viral after Getty Images photographer John Moore snapped the scene. The picture has been used in coverage of the broader discussion about how the Trump administration’s hardline stance on illegal immigration has led to the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico

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