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Fact-check: Are immigrant children free to leave shelters ‘at anytime’?

The doors at Casa Padre (a former Walmart store) are not locked but they have alarms that would alert staff if a child is exiting (and in the back area where children play outside, there is a fence), said Michelle Brané, senior director of the Migrant Rights and Justice program at the nonprofit Women’s Refugee Commission.