A Marlborough father left for work. Now he fears deportation, even with no criminal record.

Their social media photos reflect a life of faith, family and music, singing with their daughter at home and at church events.

That drastically changed for the Marlborough family on Monday after Suyanne Boechat Amaral kissed her husband Lucas Dos Santos Amaral goodbye before he went to work at their small painting business.

A few minutes later, Dos Santos Amaral, originally from Brazil, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He’s one example of a growing number of immigrants who are detained with no criminal record. Being in the country illegally is a civil violation, not a criminal one.

Trump made the deportation of undocumented immigrants a key point of his campaign platform, and has put into place a number of executive orders that change immigrants’ legal statuses to fulfill that promise.

Boechat Amaral and state Sen. Jamie Eldridge, who represents the area, described how ICE pulled over Dos Santos Amaral, and asked for his ID. Boechat Amaral called the traffic stop “random.”

“They said they were looking for someone who looked like him,” she said. She added that even though Amaral wasn’t the individual they were seeking, agents reviewed his name and discovered he overstayed his visa, then took him into custody.

Eldridge said it was “clearly racial profiling by ICE.”

Boechat Amaral spoke with the agent on the phone, who said Dos Santos Amaral was in the country illegally. She later had to pick up the keys at a nearby police station. Dos Santos Amaral was processed in Burlington, and is being held in ICE detention at Plymouth County House Of Corrections.

The ICE detention center has 350 to 400 detainees, Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald Jr. said on Tuesday.

The sheriff’s office declined to comment on Dos Santos Amaral’s specific situation, noting that ICE has requested they not comment on cases. ICE didn’t reply to GBH News’ request for comment.

Each of the agency’s field offices, including Boston’s, have been asked to make 75 arrests per day, according to news reports .

Yesterday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt falsely told press that all 3,500 immigrants arrested since Trump took office were “criminals,” regardless of whether they had a record.

“All of them, because they illegally broke our nation’s laws, and, therefore, they are criminals, as far as this administration goes,” she said. “I know the last administration didn’t see it that way, so it’s a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal.”

Eldridge spoke to a rally of immigrant rights supporters on Wednesday, saying that immigration enforcement is causing “deep anxiety” in immigrant communities.

“I truly hope that all Massachusetts residents can gain an appreciation for how deeply disturbing it is to have a national immigration police that often seems to have no limits to its power,” he said.

Boechat Amaral said the family was aware of the new Trump administration’s focus on immigration, but they thought the president was only planning to arrest “criminals and people who are a danger.”

“We never think it can happen to us, because we do things regular people do — not anything bad,” she said.

Boechat Amaral has Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a legal status which protects people from deportation if they were brought to the country without papers as children. She said her husband has had no prior criminal record, and overstayed a tourist visa.

She’s been able to talk to him on the phone, but not visit the Plymouth detention facility. She described their calls as filled with anxiety, with Dos Santos Amaral crying and scared by the arrest and cuffing of his hands and feet at the time.

“He didn’t know what to expect, what was going to happen,” she said.

The family has acquired an attorney with the help of Eldridge’s office and their church, Lagoinha Leominster. Boechat Amaral is hoping her husband will be released on bond, but doesn’t think the court date will be until March.

The family is worried about the impact of that wait. Boechat Amaral described the past few days as a nightmare, worried about her husband and the impact on their daughter, who asked to sleep with one of her father’s sweaters last night.

“She went to his closet and picked one. She grabbed it, put it close to her nose. She hugged me really tight. And she just stood there,” said Boechat Amaral.

“I told her 'Dad didn’t abandon you. He’s just gone for a few days and will come back.’ She said 'I know, but I’m scared. And I’m sad because he’s not here.’”