CHICAGO (WLS) — The Southwest Side’s 26th Street area is back to normal after Sunday’s Mexican Independence Day parade.

The parade stepped off without any Immigration and Customs Enforcement disruptions, but federal agents were back in the neighborhood on Monday.

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A distraught Venezuelan mother and her two small children sat on the steps on a Little Village building moments after, she says, ICE detained her husband while they were in their car at 24th and Albany.

Video she recorded inside the car shows an ICE agent telling the couple that they need to open the door. The woman replies not to open the door because they are legal.

The woman shared the video with the Little Village Community Council, and Anita Clara witnessed the exchange from the sidewalk.

Clara says the agents told the man to get out of the car, and when he did not, they started hitting the car. Then, he got out of the car, and the wife and kids were crying.

“He was telling them, ‘I’m legal. I have my legal status.’ But they didn’t care. They took him with them, left no information for the mom,” said Little Village Community Council President Baltazar Enriquez.

Robert Centeno saw the law enforcement vehicles rush away, leaving the mother and her children in a white car in the middle of the intersection. Centeno stopped to help her.

“As I got close, I see the passenger crying, a female, two kids, crying, too,” Centeno said. “They had already blocked the back and front part. She said they started hitting the car, like they were going to damage it. The kids were crying, so he just got out.”

Centeno says the mother told him that the agents did not present a warrant. She says her husband has a work visa and no criminal record.

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Enriquez says the council is trying to help get legal representation for those who have been detained, but the numbers are growing.

“We are going to see what else we are going to do for mom, see if they need any clothing, assistance,” Enriquez said.

A short time later, just a few few blocks away, ICE agents stopped a Venezuelan man, taking him into custody, as well. Noemi Rivera witnessed it all as they brought him to the car in handcuffs.

In Spanish, Rivera said, “I got very scared and nervous because I saw everything and I shot the video.”

ABC7 made several unsuccessful attempts to contact ICE for comment on Monday night.

The ICE arrests come just one day after the Mexican Independence Day parade.

While crowds were not as large compared to previous years, Baltazar said the event was a success.

Baltazar’s organization passed out “Know your rights” fliers and whistles. The whistle campaign is to blow one when ICE agents are spotted. Baltazar says it successfully worked last week when ICE came to get two people in a car.

“We arrived, we saw them, and we started blowing the whistle. As soon as we started blowing the whistle, they turned on their cars and they left,” Baltazar said.

Meanwhile, some Pilsen neighbors are celebrating El Grito on Monday night. It is supposed to be a reminder for Mexican people about their right for freedom, dignity, and respect. That is difficult for some right now.

“Even people that have legal status, we’re also fearful,” Enriquez said.

The family of the man detained at 24th and Albany is working with an attorney to determine where he is being held and whether he can be released on bond.

Immigration and neighborhood groups remain vigilant and encourage people who witness ICE to call their organizations immediately.