1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure and Protect Act of 2023 . 2. Protection of minors (a) Promoting family unity Section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 8 U.S.C. 1232 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Promoting family unity (1) Detention of alien minors (A) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, judicial determination, consent decree, or settlement agreement, the Secretary of Homeland Security may detain any alien minor (other than an unaccompanied alien child) who is inadmissible to the United States under section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) ) or removable from the United States under section 237(a) of that Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a) ) pending the completion of removal proceedings, regardless of whether the alien minor was previously an unaccompanied alien child. (B) Priority removal cases The Attorney General shall— (i) prioritize the removal proceedings of an alien minor, or a family unit that includes an alien minor, detained under subparagraph (A); and (ii) set a case completion goal of not more than 100 days for such proceedings. (C) Detention and release decisions The decision to detain or release an alien minor described in subparagraph (A)— (i) shall be governed solely by sections 212(d)(5), 217, 235, 236, and 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5) , 1187, 1225, 1226, and 1231) and implementing regulations or policies