She was clearly a child of war. Against a backdrop of broken cement bricks and the dirt ground, the 4-year-old clenched her tiny hands above her head, pursed her lips and trained her eyes —a ...

Snopes debunked the photo of the child in the cage. The boy had not been detained by ICE, nor had it resurfaced from 2014 during the "Obama-era" as some internet commenters had claimed.

The children were striking poses in front of white screens, bright lights and powder blue backdrop set up by the British photographer as he captured professional portraits of the young people.

Tony Mallon’s work, Parent with Child, sets the dad and boy against the backdrop of the Fantine, by Margaret Hall, which depicts a character from Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables.