Welcome-To-America: The story of crying-toddler with Trump on TIME cover

The image was clicked by John Moore, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for Getty Images.

The two-year-old Honduran girl cried as her mother was searched by officers on duty. Moore said all he wanted to do was pick the child up.

"As soon as it was over, they were put into a van. I had to stop and take deep breaths," Moore told TIME.

The girl named Yanela Denise, daughter of Denis Javier Varela Hernandez and Sandra came to the US border along with her mother.

In an interview to DailyMail, Hernandez revealed both his wife and kid are safe, and together at a Texas family detention centre.

"You can imagine how I felt when I saw that photo of my daughter. It broke my heart," he said.

Hernandez revealed, Sandra embarked on a 1,800-mile journey with the baby girl on June 3 and he hasn't heard from them since.

She wanted to find a job in the United States, but Hernandez believes it was irresponsible.

"I do think it was irresponsible of her to take the baby with her in her arms because we don't know what could happen," he said.

The Border Patrol agents caught Sandra and her group after they crossed Rio Grande river on a raft. They were shifted to a detention centre later.

The child's distress became the telling image of Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy.

"It violates human rights and children's rights. Separating children from their parents is just wrong. They are suffering and are traumatized," Hernandez said.