The family of a woman in New Zealand and her 6 -year -old son say they expect their release for the end of the week after the United States immigration authorities arrested last month about what their lawyer said was an “administrative error.”
The woman, Sarah Shaw, and her son Isaac were arrested for the application of immigration and customs on July 24 after trying to re -enter the country from Canada. Shaw, a mother of three children who lives in Everett, Washington, returned from dropping her two older children at Vancouver airport for a flight to visit her grandparents in New Zealand when she and her youngest son were arrested at the border.
Shaw, who moved to the United States. Meanwhile, it has a temporary immigration document known as a “combined card” that authorizes employment, as well as international trips.
His lawyer, Minda Thorward, told the NBC News King affiliate in Seattle that Shaw’s arrest emerged from an “administrative error.” While his work authorization had recently been renewed, the travel part of his “combined card” was still waiting for approval.
Although Shaw’s son had a valid travel document, he was also arrested, and the two were sent to an immigration detention center in Texas, one of the only two in the country that can accommodate families.
Thorward said it was “inconceivable” so that Shaw’s son was arrested and that the immigration authorities had the discretion of conditioning it to the United States “with everything that this administration has done, they have chosen intentionally cruelty, again and again,” he said.
The New Zealand Foreign Ministry, the United States Embassy in New Zealand and ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comments by email outside business hours.
Shaw’s father, Rod Price, told the New Zealand RNZ station that there was a “90%probability” that they would be released on tonight, which in New Zealand would be tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, Shaw will compare a judge at the end of this month.
Shaw works for the state of Washington advising young people in a youth rehabilitation center. Price said her two older children stayed with him in New Zealand until she was released.
