and say they believe the kids were orphaned or abandoned. but some were not orphans at all and were crying to go home to their parents. haitian authorities made workers say haitian police allowed the americans out of their jail cells to talk to cnn. they describe a poorly planned mission to bust kids out of haiti to an orphanage in the dominican republic. but they denied wrong doing. >> we believe we've been charged very falsely with trafficking, which of course, that is the furthest possible extreme. our hearts here, we literally all gave up, you know, everything we had to be -- income and use of our own funds to come here and help these children. and by no means are any part of that horrendous practice. >> god is the one that called us to come here, and we just really believe that this was his purpose. >> reporter: haitian police arrested the ten americans from idaho, kansas, and texas friday as they tried to cross the border from haiti into the dominican republic.