LAKEVIEW — Masked federal agents were seen detaining people across Lakeview and Lincoln Park on Friday — and they tear-gassed a residential street after neighbors confronted them for taking a man from private property.

Federal immigration agents have been taking people off the streets for more than a month as part of Operations Midway Blitz and At Large. Lakeview and Lincoln Park, with predominantly white populations, had been spared significant activity until recent weeks as agents seemingly focused more on Latino-majority areas of Chicago.

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Earlier Friday, agents also carried out random stops, detaining at least two people, while wandering the streets of West Town and Wicker Park. The random nature of the stops were at odds with the mission of Operation Midway Blitz, which fe

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