The majority of Adelaide Hills residents at a community meeting have voted against the government's plan to house 400 asylum seekers at Inverbrackie.
More than 500 people attended the meeting at the Woodside town hall.
Department of Immigration and Citizenship state director Christopher Callanan was the target of questions and criticism about a lack of planning and information about how the influx of asylum seekers will impact on education and health services in the community.
One of Mr Callanan's answers about security measures drew particularly loud heckling from the crowd.
"On the Woodside-Nairne Rd we'll just have low level fencing, it could be like pool fencing or colourbond fencing," Mr Callanan said.
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That statement was met with angry cries of "put them next to your place", "Labor needs to go" and "dribble, dribble, dribble" from members of the crowd.
"They have come in illegally so we don't trust them. That is why we are suspicious about it," one resident said.
There were also concerns about pressure on education facilities after residents were told the government may send up to 200 asylum seeker children to schools in Adelaide.
"Every school around the hills is at bursting point - and I mean bursting point - and the teachers and the students and the carers are absolutely sick of it," one person said.
