Under the Trump administration, the use of dental exams to help determine the age of migrants has increased sharply—but the accuracy of such forensic testing is a subject of the debate.
@latimesgraphicsThese handful of cases where a minor was released from adult detention is almost certainly an undercount, as most migrants held in adult detention do not have legal representation and are unlikely to fight their cases.call with reporters
Dr. David Senn, the director of the Center for Education and Research in Forensics at UT Health San Antonio, has handled more than 2,000 age cases since 1998. In 2007 and again in 2008, the House Appropriations Committee called on the Department of Homeland Security to stop relying on forensic testing of bones and teeth. But it was thethat declared age determinations should take into account “multiple forms of evidence, including the non-exclusive use of radiographs.”
In 2016, a federal judge found that the Office of Refugee Resettlement relied exclusively on the dental exam and overturned the age determination for the young Somali.
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