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This? this is just absurd. >> so, stephanie, this new detention rule set to take effect in about 60 days unless there is a court challenge that's delaying it. what can be effectively done to stop this from happening. >> well, i think we will continue to see court challenges to this. i mean, when the flores rule was first put into effect many, many years ago and was upheld in various court sdidecisions, at heart of it was the importance of saying that children cannot be detained. and now with this new rule -- and this is really typical bait and switch tactics that the trump administration conti...

You hear of immigrants and violent actors among the crowd, everybody is an innocent victim. has to frustrate you. there's a way to be honest about this. if we're all honest about it, approach it in a smarter way. >> great point, charles. that's why i will tell you because it's duel-faceted. just as we've said, a border and national security crisis and a humanitarian crisis to the point that you just made. i can't overstate the importance of the announcement regarding the flores rule that was pout out that deterring factor, that speaks to us breaking the back and beginning to make inroads on no...

Continues to repeat it. the new rule will prevent challenges from that going into place. >> joining us on set, our legal analyst. this seems really surprising to me. it seems as if, correct me if i'm wrong, they are stripping many standards in place set up by the flores rule by many of these families crossing the border. what challenges could this face? >> the challenge with the flores agreement is that it is only an agreement. it isn't even at the level of the hierarchy of laws. it means that president trump could super seed it including issuing new dhs regulations. those regulations are esse...

Laughable. it's not a deterrent as we have seen. and it's something that is going to make these migrant children continue to suffer. it's going to have lifelong consequences and if certainly does not promote or is not in line with the image that we want to project as americans. >> scott, what do you -- what do you think about this? >> i think the rule is imminently defensible aflt challenged in court. so we're some months away from knowing whether it's taking effect. the flores rule has been exploited by people over the years. it's been exploited by people engaged in human trafficking. you kno...

That's going to take forever to process 7,000 people. brian brian they are not going to. they can't hold more than 20 days thanks to flores rule. they don't have enough judges. no one is going to get in front of a judge in 20 days. most of the 7,000 are going to flood into our country unless we can stop them before they get here. griff: that's right. you know, guys, in this port behind me, the key point is if they have merit to their claim and that is a challenge that many feel well, they don't have the merit. so they just crossed illegally. and that's why some are coming. at the end of the da...