Age Determination Practices for Unaccompanied Alien Children in ...

Table of Contents/AbbreviationsExecutive Summary.............................................................................................................1Background..........................................................................................................................2Results of Review ................................................................................................................7ICE Needs to Record and Track Age Determination Data............................................7 ICE Recognizes Limits of Radiography for Age Determinations ...............................10 Management Comments and OIG Analysis ................................................................20 AppendicesAppendix A: Purpose, Scope, and Methodology.......................................................22 Appendix B: Management Comments to the Draft Report.......................................23 Appendix C: Major Contributors to This Report ......................................................25 Appendix D: Report Distribution ..............................................................................26 AbbreviationsA-file Alien FileCBP United States Customs and Border ProtectionDHS Department of Homeland SecurityDIHS Division of Immigration Health ServicesDRO Office of Detention and Removal OperationsENFORCE Enforcement Case Tracking SystemFY fiscal yearHHS Department of Health and Human ServicesICE United States Immigration and Customs EnforcementINS Immigration and Naturalization ServiceJFRMU Juvenile and Family Residential Management UnitORR Office of Refugee ResettlementPHS United States Public Health ServiceTAR Treatment Authorization RequestTVPRA Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act of 2008