US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly confirmed he is considering an initiative that would separate immigrant children from their parents if they enter the U.S. illegally, the Time magazine reported on Tuesday.

Kelly said he would do "almost anything to deter the people from Central America to getting on this very, very dangerous network that brings them up through Mexico and to the United States."

When pressed about whether DHS personnel would separate undocumented immigrant children from their parents, Kelly confirmed he was considering such protocol.

"Yes, I am considering, in order to deter more movement along this terribly dangerous network, I am considering exactly that," he said.

"They will be well cared for as we deal with their parents."

Source: MENA