59 Workers at Loudoun Resort Face Deportation

Tony Howard, president of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce, said that such workers generally are difficult for businesses to replace, given the high cost of living in the area and the low salaries the jobs typically carry.

"It's a very tough job market," Howard said.

The raid came less than three weeks after ICE officials raided a construction company office in Prince William County, arresting 34 Latin American nationals on suspicion of being in the United States illegally.

Several advocacy groups have been working to help family members locate Lansdowne workers in custody and to provide them with legal representation.

"They're terrified," said Elinor Tesfamariam, a lawyer with Immigration and Human Rights Law Group in Manassas, referring to relatives of those arrested. Her organization is working with the group Mexicans Without Borders to assist the detainees. "I have a man who is 70 years old" and in poor health at one of the jails, she said.

Other immigrant advocates said the process of locating those in custody has been difficult because ICE is not keeping them in a central location.

"Literally, people need to call each detention center to try to find people," said Kathy Doan, executive director of the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition.

Fobbs said family members and friends looking for information on those in custody could call 866-341-3858.