The “Hugs Not Walls” reunion was held on the banks of the Rio Bravo on the US-Mexico border on Saturday, as 250 families separated by deportation and immigration met and hugged tightly. /CFP Photo

American citizens in blue and Mexicans wearing white came together, as families who haven’t met in years, or even decades, were reunited for just three minutes. The event comes after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the building of a border wall between the two countries. /CFP Photo

The reunion was organized by the Border Network for Human Rights, and the event on Saturday was the third of its kind, but the first under US President Donald Trump. One official from the organization said they were planning a fourth one, because “there are so many families that were left behind”. /CFP Photo