Father of sailor aboard US aircraft carrier freed from immigration detention

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 - A Nicaraguan immigrant taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents while his son, a U.S. Navy sailor, was deployed at sea aboard an aircraft carrier during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, was freed from detention, his family said on Tuesday.

Arrest of Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, sparked backlash as he was detained while his son, Joshua, was deployed in Middle East The father of a US navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East for a record-breaking nine months on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has been released from immigration detention, acc

Father of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody  CNN

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

Father of Navy sailor aboard USS Lincoln released from immigration custody  AP News

A sailor on the USS Lincoln says his dad was arrested by immigration officials. CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.

Immigration officials arrested the father of a sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier that's come under scrutiny.

Father of USS Abraham Lincoln sailor taken into immigration detention  USA Today

A US sailor's father, originally from Nicaragua, faced immigration officials' detention during a routine vehicle stop in Key West, Florida. While his son serves overseas, he feels deep concern for his father's situation, who is currently waiting for green card approval and possesses identification. This incident has ra

Father of sailor aboard USS Abraham Lincoln taken into US immigration detention  Reuters

A sailor onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday said his father was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  Joshua Aviles has spent roughly nine months deployed at sea due to the Iran war amid reported shortages of clean water, food and supplies. “I’ve been deployed for over nine months, out at sea

Joshua Aviles said he has been “fighting for a country that has given me everything,” only to learn his father had been detained.

"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.

PHOTO: US F-15s patrol the skies over the Middle East  Dawn