US President Donald Trump began implementing reforms in the US immigration system in 2018 as a means to deter illegal immigrants from entering the United States, block caravans of thousands of Central American asylum seekers and boost votes for Republicans in the midterm elections.

The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry will take charge of returning the body of the eight-year-old boy who died in the custody of US border officials earlier this week to his family, the ministry's spokeswoman, Marta Larra, told Sputnik on Thursday.