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In re V-F-D

1 Analyses of this admin-law by attorneys

  1. BIA: Sexual abuse of a minor based on statutory rape of 16-or 17-year-old must include meaningful age differential

    University of Denver Sturm College of LawJanuary 27, 2015

    On appeal, the BIA ultimately agreed.To get there, the Board began by reiterating two existing requirements: that sexual abuse of a minor involves “sexual abuse” as articulated in Matter of Rodriguez-Rodriguez, 22 I&N Dec. 991 (BIA 1999), against a person who is under 18 years old as required by Matter of V-F-D-, 23 I&N Dec. 859 (BIA 2006). Matter of Esquivel-Quintana, 26 I&N Dec. at 471.