Navy sailor Joshua Aviles, deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln for nine months, learned on 23 August 2026 that immigration authorities had arrested his father Luis Manuel Aviles. By 25 August, the father was released from ICE detention and returned to his family.
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Historically rare, immigration arrests of military spouses and parents have become more common under the second Trump administration.
U.S. Navy sailor Joshua Aviles, who is aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, says he learned his father was arrested by federal immigration officials. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.
A sailor on the USS Lincoln says his dad was arrested by immigration officials. CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Navy Sailor Aboard USS Lincoln Learns ICE Took His Dad newrepublic.com/post/214630/... via @newrepublic.com U.S. Navy sailor Joshua Aviles hadn’t seen his dad in nine months when he learned his father was arrested.
USS Lincoln sailor heartbroken after ICE arrests his dad www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... A service member aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln returning from a widely criticized extended deployment is now contending with a family crisis after ICE agents arrested his father.
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Navy sailor Joshua Aviles posted a family statement on his Facebook page that his father Luis Manuel Aviles “has been released back to our family.”
Father of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody AP News
The father of a U.S. Navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East for nine months has been released from immigration detention.