Among the immediate worries now for the families in Ohio, beyond arranging legal help and trying to raise money to get their loved ones released on bond, are how to pay for their bills now that they can no longer work.
At least one woman, a mother of three, already has been deported, Dahlberg said. Her children remain in the United States with their father, she said.
Other detainees could be ordered to leave within weeks or months.
Teachers in Salem who know many of the children started collecting money to help pay for their rent and groceries.
"If we're helping take care of the family needs, that will help the kids and help us educate them," said school superintendent Joe Shivers. "Then we're going to be able to do our job."
In Norwalk, where many of the workers arrested in the first big raid this month, residents have been donating carloads of groceries and diapers and giving money so teenagers can call parents who have been jailed.
Many within the area's small Hispanic community were surprised by the generosity coming from those in a county where Trump won by a 2-to-1 ratio two years ago.
Laura Romero-Harkelroad, a teacher and mother of two boys who lives in nearby Berlin Heights, said she sent a message to friends asking for help, saying "whatever ever your opinion, these are children, these are single moms."
Karime Hernandez said her 9-year-old brother stopped eating for a few days after their older brother, Gerardo, was detained on his first day of working at the garden center.
A study by the Urban Institute and commissioned by a Hispanic civil rights organization a decade ago found that children who suddenly lose contact with a parent detained in workplace raids are left with stress, emotional trauma and material needs that can lead to mental health disorders.
