ONALASKA, Wis. (WKBT) — A 21-year-old Wisconsin State Trooper who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was released from ICE custody Friday night, according to his attorney.
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.
According to Van Der Merwe’s attorney, he will be released shortly and will be placed on an order of supervision which requires Van Der Merwe to meet with ICE regularly and to be monitored by an electronic device. However, his attorney says ‘our fight is not over.’…