--- description: After turning back one bus of immigrants this week title: Murrieta California Braces for More Immigration Protests image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb58928b6cc81e64/69869a9a810bbb6bddc927dc/2014-07-03t054413z_2104976678_gm1ea731.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Immigration](/tag/immigration/) ## Immigration Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # California Town Braces for More Immigration Protests by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2014 2:21 PM CUT  Residents and protestors attend a town hall meeting to discuss the processing of undocumented immigrants in Murrieta, Calif. July 2, 2014. Residents and protestors attend a town hall meeting to discuss the processing of undocumented immigrants in Murrieta, Calif. July 2, 2014.Sam Hodgson—Reuters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2014 2:21 PM CUT The southern California city that became a flashpoint in the crisis over children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is waiting to learn if the feds will try to send new busloads of undocumented immigrants—and whether the tensions on display earlier this week will flare up again. Dozens of protesters blocked the road to Murrieta on Tuesday and managed to turn away a bus headed for a processing center there, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not told local officials if any more are coming… [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/murrieta-braces-more-immigration-protests-n147956?cid=par-time-article%5F20140704 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2956893/murrieta-immigration-protests/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2956893/murrieta-immigration-protests/"},"headline":"California Town Braces for More Immigration Protests","datePublished":"2014-07-04T14:21:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:58:52.490Z","description":"After turning back one bus of immigrants this week","url":"https://time.com/2956893/murrieta-immigration-protests/","keywords":["Immigration"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb58928b6cc81e64/69869a9a810bbb6bddc927dc/2014-07-03t054413z_2104976678_gm1ea731.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb58928b6cc81e64/69869a9a810bbb6bddc927dc/2014-07-03t054413z_2104976678_gm1ea731.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Residents and protestors attend a town hall meeting to discuss the processing of undocumented immigrants in Murrieta, California","caption":"Residents and protestors attend a town hall meeting to discuss the processing of undocumented immigrants in Murrieta, California","creditText":"Sam Hodgson—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/immigration/","name":"Immigration"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2956893/murrieta-immigration-protests/","name":"California Town Braces for More Immigration Protests"}}]}] ```