A flower vendor arrested by federal immigration agents last weekend in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood is now back in Mexico, according to his family and a social media post.

Last Sunday afternoon, bystanders filmed federal immigration agents arresting the vendor. The videos quickly gained traction across Chicago as President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security announced it had launched its surge in immigration law enforcement, dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz.” A friend alerted family members of the arrest of Leodegario Martínez Barradas .

His sister and one of his sons desperately searched for him on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement database from their home in Veracruz, Mexico, but there was no trace of him. A day later, he finally called from the Bro

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