Luis Manuel Avilés spent months waiting for his son to return from one of the longest and most punishing deployments in the U.S. Navy's recent history. Now, as that homecoming approaches, Aviles is in immigration custody and the federal government is trying to deport him.
Border Patrol agents detained the 48-year-old Nicaraguan immigrant Saturday in Key West, Florida, after he left home to take his car to a mechanic, his family told the Associated Press.
