Officials and immigrant advocates in Massachusetts’ South Coast are raising concerns over a series of recent arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the enforcement activity is separating families and spreading fear through immigrant communities. During a news conference Thursday, elected officials, religious leaders and immigrant advocates said they were aware of roughly 30 families who had been separated from loved ones by ICE this week in communities including New Bedford and Fall River. Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan said he was still working to verify details surrounding some of the reported arrests. “We believe, we’re trying to find out their ages, we may have had two students picked up,” Coogan said. Videos shared with NBC10 Boston show federal immigration agents detaining people in the South Coast this week. One video shows officers breaking the window of a pickup truck before taking a man into custody. He was identified by family as Camilo Quino, from Guatemala. Local In-depth news coverage of the Greater Boston and New England area. Quino’s wife, Juana Tiniguarro, said her husband had a pending immigration status and was detained Tuesday after dropping their daughter off at school in New Bedford. “Sad because he’s a hard-working man and they can’t be doing that,” Tiniguarro said in Spanish. Immigrant advocacy organization LUCE also shared video showing another man being handcuffed in New Bedford a day earlier. Advocates said he had been on his way to work. “They're taking them. They're pulling (them) out of their cars,” said Alicia Gonzalez of Victorious Women in New Bedford. “They just take them out of the streets.” Coogan said he has increasingly heard accounts of families being separated, though he acknowledged that some of the information reaching his office remains anecdotal. “I have big, big, big problems with leaving a kid at a bus stop waiting for a mom or dad that's not coming,” Coogan said. “That's going over the top. I wouldn't do that to anybody.” Some of those affected are members of Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River, according to the Rev. Richard Wilson. “As a church, we've responded with legal help and with spiritual help,” Wilson said. Helen DaSilva Hughes of the Immigrants’ Assistance Center in New Bedford said her organization has also been receiving calls from families seeking help. “(Some of) these children are U.S.-born,” Hughes said. “So this is an American problem because these are the children that are being traumatized.” In a statement, ICE confirmed enforcement activity in Massachusetts but declined to provide details. “For operational security purposes, ICE does not disclose information pertaining to current or ongoing operations,” the agency said. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, said his office is assisting constituents whose relatives have been detained. “We are here to help those constituents exercise their habeas corpus rights and to get due process,” Auchincloss said. Auchincloss also criticized President Donald Trump over the recent enforcement activity, arguing that the arrests are politically motivated. “Every time the public responds negatively to his illegal or unwise actions, he turns around and launches a wave of mass deportations,” Auchincloss said. The Massachusetts Teachers Association also expressed outrage over allegations that ICE has targeted parents and students near schools. Gov. Maura Healey acknowledged this week that the Protect Act, passed this summer, does not prevent federal immigration officers from stopping people on public streets.