ICE Releases Navy Sailor's Father, 48, After 9-Month USS Lincoln Deployment Plea
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 25
ICE Releases Navy Sailor's Father, 48, After 9-Month USS Lincoln Deployment Plea
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 25
Summary
Luis Manuel Aviles Roa was released by ICE on Tuesday, his family told CBS News, days after his son Joshua Aviles publicly described the arrest as "heartbreaking."
Saturday's arrest of the Nicaraguan father drew national attention after the sailor said he learned of it while in his ninth month aboard the USS Lincoln and struggling through 12-hour workdays.
DHS had said Aviles Roa entered the country illegally; the terms of his release were not immediately clear, and CBS said it had sought comment from the agency.
The case has become another flashpoint in Trump's expanded immigration crackdown on military families after limits on ICE arrests of spouses and parents were reversed.
That broader policy shift was underscored Monday when ICE deported the wife of active-duty Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez to Honduras.