Matter of Velazquez-Herrera, 24 I. & N. Dec. 503, ___ n.2 (BIA May 20, 2008) (Pauley, Boardmember, concurring) ("child abuse definition does not clearly extend to crimes in which a child is merely placed or allowed to remain in a dangerous situation, without any element in the statute requiring ensuing harm, e.g., a general child endangerment statute . . . selling liquor to a minor . . . failing to secure a child with a seatbelt.").
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