A Chicago day laborer arrested by immigration officials as part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” campaign filed a petition in federal court Sunday asking a judge to bar his deportation and release him on bond.

Willian Alberto Giménez González, who came to Chicago from Venezuela in 2023, was detained Friday when he went to a barber shop in the Little Village neighborhood, according to the petition filed in U.S. District Court.

He’s currently being housed at the Department of Homeland Security’s processing center in west suburban Broadview, the petition stated.

Giménez González’s lawyer, Kevin Herrera said Saturday he believes the arrest was related to his client’s participation in a 2024 lawsuit against Home Depot, Inc. and the city of Chicago that contends security

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