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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Eva Corlett in Wellington

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

Sarah Shaw and her three children
New Zealand woman Sarah Shaw and her three children. Shaw and her youngest son were detained crossing the US-Canada border in July and are being held in an immigration detention centre in Texas Photograph: Supplied

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.

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