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The Trump administration has detained and is trying to deport the father of a sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose crew has suffered from a mental health crisis due to a lengthy deployment extended by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

Border Patrol agents arrested Luis Manuel Aviles Roa on Sunday, as he was trying to leave his house to take his car to the mechanic, his wife told The Associated Press. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has confirmed his arrest, said that he will be held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody as the administration pursues deportation. Aviles has lived in the U.S. for 19 years.

The Trump administration claimed that they were simply enforcing the law, though Aviles’s son, Joshua Aviles, said in a post on Facebook that his family has “done everything through immigration to get his green card approved, and we are just waiting.”

Joshua Aviles said that his father, who is originally from Nicaragua, has a driver’s license, Social Security card, and a work permit. He said that his father’s arrest is “heartbreaking” and is taking a severe mental toll as he continues his work.

“I’ve been deployed for over nine months, out at sea in the Middle East aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, fighting for a country that has........

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