--- title: Trump: Behind TIME's Donald Trump 'Welcome to America' Cover description: John Moore's photograph of a two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker at the U.S.-Mexico border is featured on the July 2 cover of TIME canonical: https://time.com/5317522/donald-trump-border-cover/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-21T11:00:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:57:44.824Z article:section: Press Room og:title: The Story Behind TIME's Trump 'Welcome To America' Cover og:description: The photograph of a two-year-old Honduran girl is featured on the July 2 cover og:url: https://time.com/5317522/donald-trump-border-cover/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt158ded44d1a83ffd/69893387096a94446d6a2b8a/cover-socail-image.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: Social / Welcome to America Trump Immigration Time Magazine cover og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Story Behind TIME's Trump 'Welcome To America' Cover twitter:description: The photograph of a two-year-old Honduran girl is featured on the July 2 cover twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt158ded44d1a83ffd/69893387096a94446d6a2b8a/cover-socail-image.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Story Behind TIME's Trump 'Welcome to America' Cover > Sponsored content. 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This week one of his pictures became the most visible symbol of the immigration debate in America. “This one was tough for me. As soon as it was over, they were put into a van. I had to stop and take deep breaths,” [Moore told TIME Tuesday](http://time.com/longform/john-moore-getty-photo-separation/?xid=tcoshare), describing his reaction to the scene of a two-year-old Honduran girl crying as her mother was being detained in McAllen, Texas. “All I wanted to do was pick her up. But I couldn’t.”  John Moore—Getty Images John Moore—Getty Images Due to the power of the image, which appeared as critics from across the political spectrum attacked President Trump’s now-reversed policy of separating children from parents who are being detained for illegally entering the United States, TIME’s editors selected Moore’s photograph to create a photo illustration, including Trump, to make [the July 2, 2018, cover of the magazine](http://time.com/magazine).  TIME Photo-Illustration. 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