US EditionUS Storing DNA From Migrant Children in Criminal Database: Report
- US Customs and Border Protection has been collecting DNA from migrants, including children, and storing it in a national criminal database since 2020.
- This expansion followed a Department of Justice rule requiring genetic samples uploaded to the FBI-managed Combined DNA Index System , despite policies generally exempting children under 14.
- Between October 2020 and 2024, CBP swabbed up to 2.8 million people, including over 133,000 minors, some as young as four years old, for DNA extraction and FBI processing.
- Experts like Emerald Tse describe the program as a "massive expansion of genetic surveillance" that intensifies policing targeting immigrant communities and stores sensitive data indefinitely.
- The program aims to aid crime identification, but raises concerns about privacy, potential profiling, and the ethical implications of storing children’s DNA in a law enforcement database.
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US storing DNA from migrant children in criminal database: Report
(NewsNation) — Immigration authorities are storing DNA from migrant children in an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit future crimes, according to a new report from Wired. The report revealed that authorities have collected and stored DNA from more than 133,000 migrant children and teens, including at least one 4-year-old, in the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, a national law enforcement database. U.S. Customs and Border Pro…
The system, which is actually used to prosecute criminal offences, is obviously used for systematic collection.
US authorities collecting migrants' DNA in criminal database
US immigration authorities are collecting and uploading the DNA information of migrants, including children, to a national criminal database, according to government documents released earlier this month. The database includes the DNA of people who were either arrested or convicted of a crime, which law enforcement uses when seeking a match for DNA collected at […]
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