Border Patrol arrest disrupts reunion as sailor awaits father’s return from USS Lincoln

A California father, Luis Aviles, was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol just as his son Joshua Aviles—who is serving aboard the USS Lincoln and was waiting to return from deployment—faced a tense reunion. Family members described heartbreak over the arrest amid discussions of citizenship and the ship’s upcoming withdrawal from service in the Middle East, highlighting the personal toll of immigration enforcement on military families.