Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.| WIRED
In 2024, we published Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing. This report was the first in-depth analysis of the drastic expansion of a massive Department of Homeland Security program to take DNA from thousands of people every day. DHS’s program operates with essentially no oversigh, and the DNA they take is used for criminal policing and prosecution.| Center on Privacy and Technology
Bioethics Forum Essay| The Hastings Center
