Here is another great example of the intersection between forensics and criminal justice. It surely is a mess. These two articles lay out how US Immigration courts are rendering opinions on the chronological age of detainees without completing the requisites contained in their own rule handbook.

Some ICE court judges certainly seem upset about dental ageing from 3rd molars (wisdom teeth) and seem to think “bone ageing” is spurious.

Here’s a look at ageing from wisdom teeth. “How ICE sent children seeking asylum to adult detention centers. “

“ICE isn’t following its own handbook on how to deport kids. “