A 5-year-old boy from Minnesota and his father have returned to their Minneapolis home after a judge ordered their release from immigration detention in Texas.

A US judge has ordered the release of a five-year-old boy and his father from an immigration detention centre in Texas, condemning their detention as driven by "the perfidious lust for unbridled power...

A picture of the young boy wearing a bright blue hat and a Spider-Man backpack went viral on social media, prompting outrage in an already-tense climate over the immigration crackdown in the state.