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DHS Will Be Collecting DNA Samples, Reports EEF
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It seems nothing is sacred from the federal government anymore, not even our genetic material. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is apparently working on a plan to collect DNA from children aged 14 and older without a search warrant or criminal prosecution. The Electronic Frontier Foundation exposed the plan after it filed a Freedom of Information Act request.
The DHS proposal comes in the wake of regulations handed down from the Department of Justice, which indicate that all federal agencies, including DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), must collect DNA from individuals who are arrested for federal crimes, in addition to “non-United States persons who are detained under the authority of the United States,” regardless of whether they are actually involved in criminal activity.
By 2009, the FBI joined 15 states in taking DNA samples from individuals who were arrested, but not convicted of any crimes. The FBI database had nearly seven million DNA profiles, a figure that was expected to increase dramatically by 2012.
[link to thenewamerican.com]
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