Anti-immigration protesters have blocked the arrival of three buses carrying undocumented migrants to a US Border Patrol station in California.
Authorities had to reroute the Central American families after the mayor of Murrieta, a town just north of San Diego, rallied residents to demonstrate.
Shouting "Go home - we don't want you here", the protesters prevented the vehicles from reaching the Border Patrol facility.
Murrieta Mayor Alan Long said the migrants posed a public safety threatMore than 52,000 unaccompanied children fleeing poverty and violence have been detained crossing the Texas-Mexico border since October in what President Barack Obama has called a humanitarian crisis.
On Tuesday the authorities brought a group of around 140 adults and children in unmarked buses from Texas to be processed at the Californian centre.
Most were expected to be released under limited supervision pending deportation proceedings, US immigration officials said.
The protesters held signs saying "Illegals out!"But Murrieta Mayor Alan Long said the migrants posed a public safety threat.
Some 150 protesters blocked the buses from reaching an access road to the Border Patrol station, waving American flags and holding signs saying "Illegals out!"
After a standoff lasting about half an hour, the buses drove awayThe demonstrators ignored orders from police to leave, but officers did not attempt to use force to disperse them.
One protester, Roger Cotton, 49, told the Los Angeles Times he feared the migrants would be a burden on an already strained system.
"Who's going to pay for them?" he said. "What kind of criminality will happen?"
News crews trailed the three buses during the journeyAfter a standoff lasting about half an hour, the buses turned around and drove away.
The undocumented migrants were reportedly transferred to a Border Patrol station in the San Diego area.
A number of news crews trailed the three buses during the journey.
The migrants are expected to be released pending deportation proceedingsJuan Silva, 27, a welder, told AP news agency he thought the reaction to the migrants was harsh.
"We're not talking about rapists," he said. "We're talking about human beings. How would they feel if it was their kids?"
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