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Father of Sailor on USS Abraham Lincoln Arrested by ICE

He was reportedly living and working in Florida with a permit.

The father of a U.S. sailor deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for over nine months was detained by ICE on Saturday. Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was arrested after leaving his house to take his car to the mechanic, his wife, Argelia Aviles, told the Associated Press. She said her husband, who is a handyman in Key West, Florida, has a permit to work in the United States. He is originally from Nicaragua and has lived in the U.S. for 19 years. His son Joshua Aviles wrote in a Facebook post that he was on the USS Abraham Lincoln “fighting for a country that has given me everything” when he got the call about his father’s detention. The Lincoln has been at the center of controversy over conditions aboard the ship after its deployment stretched far beyond its originally scheduled end date. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other administration officials have downplayed the concerns raised by service members and their families. “This is heartbreaking for me. I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly treated like a criminal,” Joshua Aviles wrote in his Facebook post. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that “having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws.”