; and (V) has access to any other service necessary for the adequate care of a minor child. (3) Protective custody of accompanied alien children ineligible for housing in a family residential center If an alien child described in paragraph (1) may not be housed with the accompanying parent of the alien child in a family residential center or regional processing center in accordance with paragraph (2)(A), the child shall be treated as an unaccompanied alien child under the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 et seq.). (4) Prioritization of accompanied minor and family unit proceedings To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General shall prioritize civil and criminal proceedings and decisions on requests for relief from removal of accompanied alien children and families who are in custody under this subsection. . (b) Applicability The amendments made by this Act shall apply regardless of the date of the occurrence of an action giving rise to the admissibility or custody of the accompanied child or parent. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section, or in the amendments made by this section, may be construed as terminating the settlement agreement filed on January 17, 1997, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Flores v. Reno, CV 85–4544–RJK (commonly known as the Flores settlement agreement ), with respect to an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2) )). 3. Repatriation of unaccompanied alien children (a) In general Section 235(a) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: Rules for unaccompanied alien children .—