Father of New Zealand woman held in US by Ice along with six-year-old son voices hope for release

Rod Price recounts ‘frantic’ call he received from Sarah Shaw after her detention at US border while returning from Canada

The father of a New Zealand woman who has been held in a US immigration detention centre for three weeks with her six-year-old son is hopeful the pair will be released by the end of the week.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained Sarah Shaw and her youngest son after they attempted to re-enter the US from Canada on 24 July.