USS Abraham Lincoln sailor’s father arrested by ICE during deployment– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Luis Manuel Aviles Roa was arrested in Key West, Florida, during a traffic stop, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Roa, who is originally from Nicaragua, was carrying his driver’s license, Social Security card, and work permit at the time of his arrest, according to his son, Joshua Aviles.
“I’ve been deployed for over nine months, out at sea in the Middle East aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, fighting for a country that has given me everything,” Aviles wrote on social media.
Aviles described learning of his father’s detention as “heartbreaking.”
“I just got a call that my dad was taken by ICE,” he wrote. “We have done everything through immigration to get his green card approved, and we are just waiting. This is heartbreaking for me. I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour day[s].”
DHS, however, said Roa had entered the United States illegally and would remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
“Having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws,” DHS said.
The detention comes as the USS Abraham Lincoln has spent nearly nine months deployed in the Middle East, where it has supported U.S. operations during the war with Iran.