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U.S. to Collect DNA of All Undocumented Migrants:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing a plan to take DNA samples from each of the undocumented immigrants and store it in a national database for criminal DNA profiles, they said.
Speaking to journalists on grounds of anonymity, DHS officials said the new policy would give immigration and border control agents a broader picture of the migrant and detainee situation.
And stored on the FBI's CODIS DNA database, it could also be used by others in law enforcement and beyond.
[...] Officials said they were in fact required to take the DNA samples by rules about the handling of arrested and convicted people that were issued by the Justice Department in 2006 and 2010, but which had not been implemented.
They said the program for collecting DNA was still being developed, and they did not have a date set for implementation.
Collecting and storing the DNA of people simply detained and not tried or convicted of a crime has drawn criticism from civil rights advocates.
"Forced DNA collection raises serious privacy and civil liberties concerns and lacks justification, especially when DHS is already using less intrusive identification methods like fingerprinting," Vera Eidelman, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.
"This kind of mass collection also alters the purpose of DNA collection from one of criminal investigation to population surveillance, which is contrary to our basic notions of freedom and autonomy," Eidelman said.
If it becomes okay to do this to "them", how long will it take before they want to do it to "us"?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Thursday October 03 2019, @02:22PM (3 children)
If we take their fingerprints and DNA, then there will be no such thing as an "undocumented" immigrant, either legal or illegal.
Then there will be no such thing as an undocumented
worker slavecitizen.Universal health care is so complex that only 32 of 33 developed nations have found a way to make it work.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 03 2019, @02:31PM (1 child)
Huh, good point. They won't logically be able to call them "undocumented" instead of "illegal" anymore. Well, no, the biggest fans of illegals prefer appearances over logic or they wouldn't be calling them "undocumented" in the first place, so I suppose it won't matter.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 04 2019, @04:04AM
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday October 03 2019, @05:31PM
DNA will be collected on the mere allegation of a crime, not on conviction. Innocent until proven guilty also applies to brown people.