威斯康星州州巡警在机场被ICE拘留一天后获释：他持工作许可、庇护申请已等了七年
一名在威斯康星州担任州巡警的21岁男子，本周在机场准备搭乘国内航班探亲时被美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）拘留，关押一天后于11月6日在监管令下获释。事件发生在位于威斯康星州 Dane 县 Madison 市的 Dane County Regional Airport，被拘留者是 Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe，他持有效工作许可，并列名于父亲待审的庇护申请。
据其律师 Marc Christopher 向《Milwaukee Journal Sentinel》介绍，Van Der Merwe 11月5日在机场刚过完安检就被 ICE 探员拦下，当时他正要飞往 New Mexico 探望家人。探员给他戴上手铐和脚镣，用车将他送往 Dodge County Jail 关押。Christopher 认为，运输安全管理局（TSA）可能在他购票后向 ICE 通报了他的行程。Van Der Merwe 住在 Onalaska，过去约一年在 Tomah 任州巡警。
Christopher 介绍，Van Der Merwe 14岁时随家人持签证从南非来到美国，全家以曾受迫害、家人曾遇袭为由申请庇护，案件已等待审理七年。他本人列名于父亲的庇护申请，工作许可有效至2030年。他此前与家人住在 New Mexico，在当地取得刑事司法学位，原想参军，因不是永久居民未能如愿，后来研究哪些州允许他以现有身份从事类似工作，最终选择到威斯康星州当巡警。
美国国土安全部发言人在声明中表示，Van Der Merwe 2019年3月入境美国、获准停留至2019年9月，「他无视我国法律，逾期滞留」，并强调：「工作许可或待审申请并不赋予在美国的合法身份。」国土安全部称，这次拘留是机场的一次定点执法行动，他将获得正当程序，案件由移民法庭审理。Christopher 反驳称，这家人一直在美国合法等待申请裁决，国土安全部的说法「简直荒谬」。
11月6日，Van Der Merwe 在监管令下从 Dodge County Jail 获释，条件包括定期向 ICE 报到，并可能通过手机应用接受电子监控；他的上司、Tomah 州警队负责人当时正在等着接他。Christopher 说，他将在周末与 Van Der Merwe 商量后续步骤，其移民案件并未结束，仍须在移民法官面前陈述。Christopher 还表示，希望国会关注此案、改变 ICE 的执法方式。（来源：美国国土安全部）
Wisconsin State Trooper Detained by ICE at an Airport and Released a Day Later: He Holds a Work Permit and Has Waited Seven Years on an Asylum Case
A 21-year-old Wisconsin State Patrol trooper was detained this week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as he prepared to board a domestic flight to visit family, and was released on November 6 under an order of supervision after a day in custody. The detention took place at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. The trooper, Carel Aaron Van Der Merwe, holds a valid work permit and is listed on his father's pending asylum application.
According to his attorney, Marc Christopher, who spoke with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Van Der Merwe was stopped by ICE agents on November 5 just after he cleared security at the airport, as he was about to fly to New Mexico to visit his family. Agents handcuffed him, shackled his legs and drove him to the Dodge County Jail. Christopher said he believes the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) tipped off ICE after Van Der Merwe bought his ticket. Van Der Merwe lives in Onalaska and has worked as a state trooper in Tomah for about the past year.
Christopher said Van Der Merwe came to the United States from South Africa with his family on visas at age 14, and that the family applied for asylum on the grounds that they were persecuted and a family member had been attacked; their case has been waiting to be heard for seven years. Van Der Merwe is listed on his father's asylum application, and his work authorization is valid until 2030. He previously lived with his family in New Mexico, earned a criminal justice degree there, and wanted to serve in the U.S. military but could not because he was not a permanent resident; he then researched which states would let him do similar work with his status and chose to become a trooper in Wisconsin.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement that Van Der Merwe entered the country in March 2019 with legal permission to stay until September 2019, that 'in defiance of our nation's laws, he overstayed his admission,' and stressed: 'Work authorization or a pending application do not confer legal status in the U.S.' The department said the detention was a targeted enforcement operation at the airport, and that he will receive due process, with his case to be heard in immigration court. Christopher pushed back, saying the family has been in the United States lawfully while waiting for their application to be decided, and called the department's assertion 'absurd and ridiculous.'
On November 6, Van Der Merwe was released from the Dodge County Jail under an order of supervision, which requires him to periodically check in with ICE, and he will likely be subject to electronic monitoring, potentially through an application on his cellphone; his supervisor, the head trooper in Tomah, was waiting to give him a ride. Christopher said he plans to speak with Van Der Merwe over the weekend about the next steps in his case, which is not over and must still be presented before an immigration judge. Christopher also said he hopes Wisconsin's congressional delegation takes note of the case and changes the way ICE can operate. (Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
来源：美国国土安全部
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图片来源：图：美国移民与海关执法局（ICE）总部大楼，位于华盛顿。本案当事人无开放授权照片，以执法机构总部大楼为配图。G. Edward Johnson 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington. No openly licensed photo of the trooper in this case is available; the enforcing agency's headquarters is shown. By G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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