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USS Lincoln Sailor’s Father Taken Into ICE Detention

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The father of a US sailor serving aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln has been taken into federal immigration detention, the sailor said, while the ship is deployed in the Middle East during the Iran war.

US Border Patrol arrested Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, a Nicaraguan-born man, following a vehicle stop in Key West, Florida, a spokesperson for the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Sunday.

Father Detained After Key West Stop

Joshua Aviles, the sailor and his son, posted that he learned of his father’s detention while he was at sea. Aviles said he has been deployed for more than nine months aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, serving in the Middle East.

Green Card Approval Still Pending

Aviles said he received a call informing him that his father had been taken by ICE, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

He said that his father held documents including a driver’s licence, a social security card and a work permit. Aviles also said the family had completed immigration steps to secure his father’s green card and was waiting for approval.

“This is heartbreaking for me,” Aviles wrote. He added that he did not know how he could continue working long shifts while his father was detained.

DHS Says Detention Will Continue

DHS said Luis Manuel Aviles Roa entered the United States illegally and would remain in ICE detention pending removal proceedings.

The department said that having a family member in the military does not exempt someone from complying with US laws. “Having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws,” DHS said.

Rights groups have argued that immigration enforcement during Donald Trump’s presidency has undermined free speech and due process rights and has created an unsafe environment, particularly for ethnic minorities. They have also raised concerns about racial profiling.

Lincoln Leaves After Record Days At Sea

The USS Abraham Lincoln left the Middle East on Saturday, according to the sailor’s account and reporting included in the original claim. Democratic lawmakers previously said the ship had not made a port call in more than 200 days, which they described as a modern record for consecutive days at sea. They called for answers after sailors’ families raised concerns about living conditions and morale onboard.

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrived in the Middle East last week and is expected to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln.

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24 August 2026

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couchpotato

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August 24Aug 24

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Great for moral when serving so far away.😨

Jim Blue

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August 24Aug 24

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Always the ones who never served are

keenest to hound everyone else !

Roadsternut

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August 24Aug 24

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Looking at census data, about 200-220,000 serving members of the US military are either foreign born themselves (60-100,000), or have immigrant parents (100-180,000).

Assuming those parents are legal immigrants, then about 65% of them are naturalised. So about 25-30,000 members of the US military have parents at risk of detention by the immigration authorities, and potentially deported. So that's about 2-3 divisions worth of men and women who might decided to not re-enlist, in order to support their kith and kin, potentially leaving the US to return to nations of origin, resulting in both a loss of skills from the US military, but potentially transfer of those skills to countries that are currently hostile to US interests.

newbee2022

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August 25Aug 25

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6 hours ago, Roadsternut said:
currently hostile to US interests.

The rest of the world😳

thailand49

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August 25Aug 25

I thank the young man for his service! taken the steps but waiting but accordlng to Ice he enter the country in the first place illegally?

I hope the full facts come out there is always more to the story!

soalbundy

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August 25Aug 25

At least the young sailor now knows what he is fighting for.

worgeordie

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August 25Aug 25 (edited)

I thought they said they were only going to get the murders ,rapists ,really bad people

out of America, now it seems you only have to be brown or black , while letting white

South Africans in ,I think that Nazi Miller would like to see ALL people of colour out

of the U S A , Miller the Joseph Goebbels look alike

regards worgeordie

Edited August 25Aug 25 by worgeordie
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BMW Overlander

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August 25Aug 25 (edited)

26 minutes ago, worgeordie said:
I thought they said they were only going to get the murders ,rapists ,really bad people
out of America, now it seems you only have to be brown or black , while letting white
South Africans in ,I think that Nazi Miller would like to see ALL people of colour out
of the U S A , Miller the Joseph Goebbels look alike
regards worgeordie

Stated by someone who, in another thread, racially abused and labelled the black Liverpool player Isak a bastard. Muzzle up, rabid old man.

Edited August 25Aug 25 by BMW Overlander

worgeordie

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August 25Aug 25

3 minutes ago, BMW Overlander said:
Stated by someone who, in another thread, racially abused and labelled the black Liverpool player Isak a bastard. Muzzle up, rabid old man.

It is not about him been black ,it's the way he acted over wanting a tranfer,

regards worgeordie

Priorexpat

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August 25Aug 25

News Flash ! There has been a political trade.

Canada trades Carney to the U.S., for Donald Trump.

Cheering in the streets of the U.S. for a leader that has a brain, burning buildings in Canada, sorry....

wombat

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August 25Aug 25

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20 hours ago, webfact said:
immigration enforcement

Illegal is still illegal. It's not just a sick bird

Thingamabob

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August 25Aug 25

This is about illegal immigration, not about the military or about race.

Presnock

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August 25Aug 25

21 hours ago, couchpotato said:
Great for moral when serving so far away.😨

Great for morale to anyone with family that may have immigrated to the US legally and having family members serving in the military especially during a war!

Presnock

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August 25Aug 25

34 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:
This is about illegal immigration, not about the military or about race.

And

34 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:
This is about illegal immigration, not about the military or about race.

Did you not read that the family immigrated legally and his father's papers are awaiting approval from the government. When my wife applied for a green card, it took well over a year before approval with me as her sponsor even.

wwest5829

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August 25Aug 25

21 hours ago, couchpotato said:
Great for moral when serving so far away.😨

Certainly would raise the questiion in my mind, "what am I defending"?

HolmesEquivelant

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August 25Aug 25

Illegal is illegal. Son on a carrier doesn’t change federal law.

LarryLEB

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August 25Aug 25 (edited)

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:
I thought they said they were only going to get the murders ,rapists ,really bad people
out of America, now it seems you only have to be brown or black , while letting white
South Africans in ,I think that Nazi Miller would like to see ALL people of colour out
of the U S A , Miller the Joseph Goebbels look alike
regards worgeordie

Miller doesn't look all that much like Joseph Goebbels. He is very much a Reinhard Heydrich lookalike, though:

Edited August 25Aug 25 by LarryLEB

rudi49jr

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August 25Aug 25

51 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:
This is about illegal immigration, not about the military or about race.

It’s funny how you’re such a stickler for law and order when it comes to this guy, but at the same time you’re a staunch supporter of a convicted felon and sex offender who should be in jail but is currently occupying the White House and grifting billions of dollars off of his presidency.