The Trump administration has established a new rule to respond to the realities of current immigration flows. A rule based in the principle that families should remain together during immigration proceedings. While the Flores settlement agreement is operationally outdated and does not respond to the current immigration crisis, it has many important aspects and principles like the need for special protections for children and high standards for government facilities that were adopted as defining features in this new rule. O.K., the purpose of holding individuals in administrative custody during immigration proceedings is to get an immigration result as expeditiously as possible, and for those that have meritorious claims to have them released. And for those that do not meet the standards to have them repatriated.