Abstract
Unaccompanied children detained in the US are subject to questionable medical practices to verify their age. Utilizing molar dental radiographs and wrist x-rays to determine their age is scientifically and ethically problematic. Age redetermination is deeply consequential for unaccompanied children, as it may result in transfer to adult detention; ineligibility for child-specific legal relief; removal of custodial protections; and imminent deportation. The medical and public health communities have an opportunity to end the perversion of medical evidence in children’s immigration cases by uniformly denouncing this practice.
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