Protesters briefly block bus leaving migrant detention center
McAllen, Texas (CNN)
— Chanting
protesters briefly blocked a bus leaving a migrant detention center
in McAllen, Texas, on Saturday afternoon.
Protesters stood in front of the bus
and yelled, "Set the children free" and "Shame on you" at
Border Patrol officers. The Border Patrol ended up surrounding the bus so it
could back up and go out the other end of the street.
Authorities didn't say who was on the
bus or where it was going, but CNN reporters could see children through the
darkened windows. CNN was reaching out to federal immigration officials for
comment.
One protester told CNN she also saw
children through the windows. She said some of the children waved at her and
she told them, "You are not alone" in Spanish.

A bus leaving a detention center in
McAllen, Texas, was blocked by protesters Saturday.
"It
was very difficult to see," said Denise Benavides of Dallas, who said
she's a member of the League of United Latin
American Citizens.
Benavides said she didn't know where
the bus was going but "that's something we'll look into -- what's going on
and where are they taking these children."
Uniformed officers arrived to calm the
situation and nobody was arrested.
One of the protestors on why she was
waving and blowing the little kids on the bus kisses, “they’re not alone.” pic.twitter.com/gE3zt3xiYr
Many of the at least 2,300
children separated from their undocumented parents since May are in
far-flung shelters and foster homes nationwide -- hundreds of miles away from
the southern border.
In many cases, the parents don't know
where their children are being held, the parents' lawyers say.
On
Wednesday, President Trump signed an
executive order reversing his policy and allowing parents and their
children to stay together.
More than 1,100 immigrants -- including
children -- were being held at McAllen when reporters were allowed inside on
June 17.
The Department of Homeland Security
processes and detains immigrants accused of illegally crossing the border at
the facility near Brownsville, Texas.
A bus driver waits inside a bus on
Saturday in McAllen, Texas.
A bus driver waits inside a bus on
Saturday in McAllen, Texas.
CNN's Sonia
Moghe and Polo Sandoval reported from McAllen. Ralph Ellis reported and wrote
from Atlanta.
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