Border Patrol Holds 48-Year-Old Father of USS Lincoln Sailor for Deportation as Protections Roll Back
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Updated · KCCI Des Moines · Aug 24
Border Patrol Holds 48-Year-Old Father of USS Lincoln Sailor for Deportation as Protections Roll Back
3 articles · Updated · KCCI Des Moines · Aug 24
Summary
Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was arrested Saturday in Key West and will remain in ICE custody while the government seeks to deport him, DHS said.
The detention comes as the Trump administration rolls back immigration protections for military families; AP found at least dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty troops have been detained, with six deported and one self-deported.
Aviles, a Nicaraguan handyman who has lived in the U.S. for 19 years, was waiting for his son to return from the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to his wife, and has a U.S. work permit.
Joshua Aviles said he learned of the arrest while working 12-hour shifts aboard the USS Lincoln, where he has spent more than 250 days at sea during a deployment already criticized over food shortages and strain on sailors.