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A series of developments concerning the continued legal status and detention of Luis Manuel Aviles, a longtime U.S. resident and handyman from Key West, Florida, particularly highlighting his encounters with U.S. immigration authorities.
An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, a Nicaraguan national detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement while his son serves aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to the man's family. Aviles returned home to Key West, Florida, on Tuesday, three days after his arrest during a traffic stop.
Luis Manuel Aviles, a Nicaraguan national who has lived in the United States for 19 years, has been released from immigration detention, his family told The Associated Press. The 48-year-old handyman from Key West, Florida, was arrested Saturday after leaving his house to take his car to a mechanic, according to his wife Argelia Aviles.
Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, a Key West, Florida handyman who has lived in the United States for 19 years and holds a work permit, was detained by immigration authorities after leaving his house to take his car to a mechanic, according to his wife Argelia Aviles, 47. At the time, their son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy, the carrier that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea.