AUSTIN, Texas -- Thursday's deadline to reunite migrant families prompted protests outside a nonprofit's headquarters.

Southwest Key Programs operates several shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border and has been for more than 20 years. The contracts are through the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The organization says its facilities are licensed by the state and routinely inspected.

Critics say the nonprofit--which got its start by running after school programs in Central Texas--should have its local funding stripped.

"There is a tenant, I believe, that is good for all people, whether religious or not, and that is we love our neighbors," said Peggy Morton of the Austin Sanctuary Network. "This isn't an example of loving our neighbors."

Southwest Key's founder and CEO said the protesters are ill-informed about his organization's role.

"What we did was take care of kids," Juan Sanchez said. "That is what we did. That is what we have done for over 20 years with unaccompanied minors, and that is what we did. Now, that they have to be reunited with their families, that's exactly what they are doing."

Government data shows Southwest Key received more than $1.5 billion from the federal government in the past 15 years for the shelter operations.

Sanchez says that's separate from their charter school and other programs.