Report finds DNA collected from detained anti-ICE protesters

There is growing concern over the number of anti-ICE protesters being detained and having their DNA collected.
Homeland Security Today

GAO Says CBP Needs Better Data to Ensure DNA Collection Compliance

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses better data to help determine its compliance with DNA collection requirements. Federal law ...
Law

Loopholes, DNA Collection and Tech: Does Your Consent as a User of a Genealogy Website Override Another Person’s Fourth Amendment Right?

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...
Yahoo

DHS Collected DNA from 2,000 U.S. Citizens Without Due Process. It's Now in a Law Enforcement Database.

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...
Seattle Times

Feds collected DNA from 1.5 million migrants in under four years, report finds

LOS ANGELES — Routine collection of immigrants’ DNA by federal authorities has ballooned since 2020, with a 50-fold spike in the number of samples held in a national database of the sensitive genetic ...
KOIN 6

Wyden questions Trump admin’s ‘chilling’ immigrant DNA collection rule

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is raising concerns over the Trump administration expanding a program that allows immigration enforcement agents to collect DNA from detained ...
New York Post

CBP took DNA samples from 37% of illegal border-crossers last year: Grassley

US Customs and Border Protection collected DNA samples from less than 40% of illegal immigrants stopped at the nation’s borders in 2022, preventing federal law enforcement from solving violent ...
Washington Examiner

Court will decide on collection of DNA samples

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether it’s legal for police to collect DNA samples from people under arrest, a case that could have nationwide implications ...

Iowa House approves ‘Katie’s Law’ allowing DNA collection after arrests

A measure introduced by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird requiring DNA samples to be taken from people arrested on felony or ...
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DHS collecting DNA as part of larger "massive surveillance" effort: Lawsuit

A lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleges a failure to respond to numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking details on how the agency collects, stores ...
WDRB

Indiana House panel OKs collecting DNA samples upon felony arrest

NDIANAPOLIS (AP) - DNA samples could be collected upon an individual's felony arrest under a measure being considered by Indiana lawmakers. Current law allows collecting DNA samples from convicted ...