Update: What Constitutes "Sexual Abuse of a Minor" For Immigration Purposes
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This report provides an update of an earlier report from April 6, 2017, providing the final decision by the Supreme Court in the case of "Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions". The case concerned the question of whether an immigrant alien who was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor where the minor was under 18 but at least 16 (in this case statutory rape in California between a 21 year old male and a 17 year female) was removable for an aggravated felony under immigration law. The Supreme Court ruled…
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Date:
June 7, 2017
Creator:
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
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