1 /4 Die Regierung von US-Präsident Donald Trump will künftig die unbefristete Festnahme von illegal ins Land gelangten Kindern erlauben.

2 /4 Eine seit 1997 geltende Regelung, wonach Minderjährige nicht länger als 20 Tage in Unterbringungszentren für Migranten festgehalten werden dürfen, soll abgeschafft werden.

3 /4 Innerhalb von 60 Tagen solle eine Neuregelung ohne diese Befristung in Kraft treten, teilte das Heimatschutzministerium mit.

4 /4 epa06819209 An undated handout photo made available on 18 June 2018 by the US Customs and Border Patrol showing people inside a United States Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, USA. Media reports on 18 June 2018 state that Laura Bush had called the current zero-tolerance immigration policy by the administration of US President Donald J. Trump that sees children being separated from their parents when they illegally enter the USA as 'cruel', while the US President's wife Melania Trump was quoted as saying that she 'hates to see' children being separated from their families as a reaction to the immigration policy being executed at the US-Mexico border. EPA-EFE/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES