A New Zealand citizen and her son have been detained by ICE in the US.

Sarah Shaw and her six-year-old son were detained at the Canadian border after she drove her two eldest children to a Vancouver airport for a flight to New Zealand to visit their grandparents.

The pair are currently sitting in a detention facility in Texas.

They are two of tens of thousands of people who are currently being detained by the agency – most do not have criminal convictions and are classified as being no threat to society.

Today on The Front Page, American immigration lawyer Minda Thorward who is representing the Kiwi being detained and is with us to discuss the case and the wider issues around US immigration.

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