Decision date: 2021-03-03

Remanding to the BIA to address two questions about the scope of the term "crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment" in 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i): (1) whether Congress intended § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i) to apply to noncitizens convicted of an attempt or inchoate offense; and (2) whether a strict liability statute can satisfy the BIA's interpretation of § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i). 

Publication Status: Unpublished

Case judge: Quattlebaum, Richardson, Wilkinson

Decision: Cruz v. Wilkinson, 837 F. App'x 1014 (4th Cir. 2021)