ICE releases detained Wisconsin State Trooper

By: Isiah Holmes

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 1,005

Last Updated: 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

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Federal immigration authorities have released a 21-year-old Wisconsin State Patrol trooper from Onalaska who was detained at an airport last week. Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, who was born in South Africa and works out of Tomah, was brought to the United States as a child legally. After arriving in the country, his parents waited seven years for an asylum interview, according to a press release issued by the law firm Christopher & De …

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