AILA Submits Letter Brief Urging Fifth Circuit to Reject BIA’s Interpretation of “Child Abuse” in Light of Esquivel-Quintana and Loper Bright

This letter argues (1) that pre-Loper Bright precedent deferring to the BIA is no longer binding and (2) that the Supreme Court's decision in Esquivel-Quintana concludes that consensual sexual contact between a 16-year-old and 19-year-old is not a crime of child abuse under 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(E)(i)