QUERETARO, Mexico – A Ballwin father is back with his young family after he was deported to Mexico. Alejandro Perez, 33, reunited with his wife and two young daughters on Monday afternoon, for the first time in more than five months. He’s known in the St. Louis area as a hard-working, devoted father and church member. His family now faces an uncertain future after his arrest during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, but his wife tells FOX 2 News that at least they’ll face it together. There’s been last-minute packing and final meals at the Perez home in Ballwin the past few days. Alejandro’s wife, Janie, born and raised in St. Louis County, even held what could best be described as “greeting daddy practice” for the girls: Luna, age 3, and Lexi, age 17 months. “I was pretending to be Alejandro, and I would have them stand across the driveway from me and have them run and jump into my arms. They’re so excited to see their father,” Janie Perez said. She shared a video of Luna back with her dad, on his lap in Mexico. “I love you,” he said to her. She also shared a photo of husband and wife in tears, hugging at the airport in Mexico.He was allowed no physical contact with his wife and daughters after being detained in early October. He could have phone calls and video calls. His wife did see him in person from behind plexiglass after he received his deportation order. Federal authorities offered no explanation for the restrictions. It appears to be “security protocol” in deportation cases. Authorities would not even allow him to call his wife and let her know when they were flying him out of the U.S. He was not able to call her after he was actually on the ground in Mexico, she said. Dozens of supporters packed the federal courthouse in St. Louis last month as a judge ordered him deported for illegally entering the U.S. in 2012. He has no other criminal history. He had a work permit, driver’s license, social security number, marriage license, paid taxes in the United States, and was told by an attorney that he was on track to get his Green Card, his wife said. The family plans to live in Queretaro, Mexico, about 140 miles northwest of Mexico City, where he has relatives. They will map out their new lives in a different country on this trip; hoping to find a house, school, and church before Janie Perez and the two girls permanently move to Mexico this summer. “I believe God knows our plans and what we need better than what we do,” Janie Perez said. “As hard as it is, ‘Your will be done’. That’s not an easy prayer to pray but we will 100% go where we can be together as a family with daddy and have a life together. Life will look beautiful just very different than what we imagined.” He’s the kind of man America needs, she said. As part of his deportation, he is not eligible to apply for re-entry into the U.S. for 20 years. Janie Perez hopes a future President will pardon her husband, or perhaps Congress will create a pathway to citizenship for people in his situation.