ONALASKA, Wis. (WKBT) — A 21-year-old Wisconsin State Trooper who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be released from custody, according to Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s office, who says the congressman contacted the Department of Homeland Security secretary on his behalf.
Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, who lives in Onalaska and works out of the Tomah post, was detained by ICE agents at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison on Nov. 5 while waiting to board a domestic flight. His attorney Marc Christopher claims when Van Der Merwe showed agents his federal work permit and explained he had a pending asylum application, they told him they “did not care,” before detaining and taking him to the Dodge County detention facility…