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A child - daughter of one of the detained women - can be heard weeping uncontrollably as people are loaded onto a bus.
"Her mum is in there," a woman tells a police officer. "Her mum is her only legal guardian."
The crying girl asks the officer, "Please, can I just see my mother, please." The child was eventually allowed to see her mother before she was taken away.
Those gathered outside reportedly chanted, "Let them go!" and waved goodbye as the buses drove off.
Mr Albence said the children would be sent to live with relatives or with other families, according to AFP news agency.
Some were taken to a local gym by neighbours after coming home from school to find their parents gone.
Those detained were taken to a Mississippi National Guard hangar for questioning.
According to a statement released by ICE, some may be temporarily releasedafter "consideration of their criminality and prior immigration history".
ICE has not given details about the nationality of those detained, but the Mexican government has reportedly sent consular staff to the area to help any of their nationals who may be involved.
What's been the reaction?
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba condemned the raids as "dehumanising and ineffective".
But Mike Hurst, US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, said ICE agents were executing warrants to arrest the "illegal aliens".
"They have to follow our laws, they have to abide by our rules, they have to come here legally or they shouldn't come here at all," he told a press conference.
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