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The rules remain unenforced; no one is sure what will happen next.

Unenforced rules won't protect the nearly million other children who work on farms.

Though unenforced, such laws often remain on the books – just take a look at this map.

"He made a lot of unenforced errors which helped me.

Most who work in the field agree that this issue goes significantly deeper than an unenforced law.

Three died last summer under partial and largely unenforced protection measures.

But so too do weak health-care systems and poor or unenforced regulations.

Unfortunately, the rules are often secret, inadequate, unenforced, or all of the above.

Other prohibitions remained on the books but went largely unenforced.

Many people feel that federal immigration policy is ineffectual and unenforced.

The answer depends in part on how each state's legal system regards old laws that have long been unenforced.

For most of the last half-century, drug laws have essentially gone unenforced.

An unenforced or absent policy has been held to create a legitimate expectation.

Penalties are slight, however, and the rule is virtually unenforced.

Building regulations in Pakistan are weak and often go unenforced, critics have said.

To date the decision remains unenforced due to an inability to locate the child.

However, the ordinance was largely unenforced by the city bus drivers.

An officer shall not issue a visa to a foreign national who is subject to an unenforced removal order.

Prohibitions against women driving are typically unenforced in rural areas.

However, drug testing can be wildly inconsistent and, in some instances, has gone unenforced.

"Let's talk about an unenforceable and unenforced law that needs to be off the books.

Lynch said the unenforced law was unconstitutional because it failed to protect the safety of young women.

The management framework appears to be reasonable, but unenforced.

Until now, though, existing Chinese labor laws have gone largely unenforced, which has further complicated the debate here.

"In the real world, the laws go unenforced and impunity is the norm," she said.