Luis Manuel Aviles, a father of a US Navy sailor, faced detention by immigration authorities in Florida. With nearly twenty years of residence in the US, Aviles's son, Joshua, is deployed on the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East. Joshua shared his heartbreak regarding his father's predicament, as immigration officials reaffirmed that military service cannot shield individuals from immigration laws.

When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel that set a

Immigration authorities arrested Luis Manuel Aviles, a handyman with a work permit whose son was serving as a sailor on the carrier at the time.