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v io le n c e a g a in s t c h ild r e n in M e x ic o b e c au s e h e d idn o t r a is e th is c la im to th e B I A . See B a rr o n v . A s h c r o ft , 358 F . 3d 674, 678 ( 9th C i r . 2004) ( no ju r is d ic tio n o v e rc la im s n o t p r e s e n te db e lo w ) . P E T IT IO N F O R R E V IE W D E N IE D i n p art; D IS M IS S E D i n p art.