Two meter readers for the Town of Cicero said they were approached by federal agents while on the job, with one of the incidents caught on camera.

Abner Trabanino showed NBC Chicago where he was stopped by federal agents last Thursday morning around 9:30 a.m.

Trabanino said he has worked as a meter reader for roughly two years.

“I went to cross to read some of the meters on this side, but before I could they stopped me there right on the street,” he told NBC Chicago.

Surveillance video provided by the Town of Cicero captured federal agents getting out of a dark colored vehicle and approaching Trabanino.

“They asked me if I spoke English, which I said yes, then afterwards they asked if I was born here, I said yes, I was born in Berwyn,” he said. “They asked me which hospital I was born

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