U.S. Navy sailor on USS Lincoln says dad was arrested by immigration officials
Border Patrol said Luis Manuel Aviles Roa entered the U.S. illegally and remains in ICE custody as his son serves aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
- On Saturday, Border Patrol agents arrested Luis Manuel Aviles in Key West, Florida, while his son Joshua Aviles remained deployed on the USS Lincoln in the Middle East.
- The Trump administration is rolling back immigration protections for military families, specifically 'military parole-in-place,' leading to detention of dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty United States troops.
- Joshua wrote on Facebook he is 'fighting for a country that has given me everything' while learning of his father's detention on Saturday morning. His sister Katherine Delgado said Joshua joined the military hoping to secure his father's citizenship.
- The Department of Homeland Security stated Sunday that having a family member in the military is not a 'free pass to violate our nation's laws.' Luis Manuel Aviles remains in ICE custody while the government seeks to deport him.
- Joshua Aviles has been working 12-hour shifts for more than 250 days on the USS Lincoln without a break. As the ship prepares to leave service, he faces returning home without his father, who has lived in the United States for 19 years.
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Father of sailor deployed on USS Abraham Lincoln released by ICE
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln conducts a replenishment-at-sea, Aug. 16, 2026. (US Navy) (WASHINGTON) — The father of a sailor deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier was released by immigration authorities Tuesday — days after his son posted about the ordeal on Facebook, an account not disputed by the Department of Homeland Security. Joshua Aviles, the sailor, posted on Facebook on behalf of the family that h…
Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, from Nicaragua, was arrested in Florida by the U.S. border police. His son claims that he was waiting for his resident card.
A sailor of the USS Abraham Lincoln stands before returning home. Now his father was arrested by the border police.
USS Abraham Lincoln sailor says father was arrested by Border Patrol
A Navy sailor, on his way home after a long deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the war with Iran, said his father had been detained by immigration authorities in the United States. The post USS Abraham Lincoln sailor says father was arrested by Border Patrol appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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