Port-au-Prince , Haiti ( CNN ) -- Six Haitian orphans , at the airport and on their way to new lives in the United States , had their destination changed at the last moment . Now they are at an orphanage , under the custody of the Haitian government , while the details of their departure are sorted out . Sarah Thacker , a Minnesota woman who was in Haiti to bring home her newly adopted son , now finds herself facing allegations that the paperwork she held was forged . Thacker and two other women who helped her were not arrested , but are the subject of the incident that follows the arrests of 10 U.S. missionaries accused of taking a group of Haitian children out of the country without the proper paperwork . All 10 were charged with trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without any legal authorization after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake devastated the country on January 12 . Eight of them have been released on bail and have returned to the United States . Thacker and the two other women were going to escort six Haitian orphans to the United States to new families , including Thacker 's adopted son , Reese . `` I can understand paranoia and absolutely , and I understand there was a story about people illegally taking children out of the country , but fear does n't justify these actions , '' Stephanie Anderson , a volunteer who was helping Thacker , told CNN . On Saturday , the three women were outside the Port-au-Prince airport waiting in line to transport the children in a private plane when , Anderson says , they were surrounded by an angry mob of men demanding to see their paperwork . `` They started screaming at us that they are Haitian children , and who do we think we are taking their kids from their country , and these missionaries ca n't be stealing kids , and they started swearing and yelling at us , '' Anderson , who is not a missionary , said . The police were called in and the women were detained for eight hours , they told CNN . Full coverage of the earthquake 's aftermath . The key document -- a permission signed by Haiti 's prime minister -- was suspected as a fake by police , something the women and U.S. officials deny . There is no chance the paperwork is fake , Thacker said . A representative from the U.S. Embassy was with them during their ordeal and , in the end , police did not arrest the women but decided that the children would at least be temporarily placed in government custody . `` I was scared . It was my job to protect those children and I did n't feel I could protect them when I was being harassed , '' said Maria O'Donovan , who lives in Haiti and works at the orphanage where Reese and the other five children lived . CNN made attempts to reach the Haitian prime minister without success . Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is backing Thacker 's efforts . `` They have filled out all the paperwork . This is a legitimate orphanage that has brought other children to America . And I feel like these little babies are just caught up in this international dispute , and it 's just not fair , '' she said . CNN 's Ismael Estrada contributed to this report .
Police suspected key document -- permission signed by U.S. 's PM -- was fake . Women , Haiti officials deny it is fake ; Ismael Estrada 's attempts to Reese PM unsuccessful . Case follows arrests of 33 U.S. missionaries . Missionaries charged with trying to take children out of Haiti without legal authorization .