Federal agents are collecting cheek swabs from people as young as 14 who are in immigration custody at 2 U.S. locations: the official port of entry in Eagle Pass, Texas, and the Canadian border in and around Detroit. More from KQEDnews:
Male detainees walk to a gate inside Homeland Security's Willacy Detention Center, a facility in Raymondville, Texas.to collect DNA samples from migrants in two locations with plans to expand nationwide. The data is sent to the FBI and entered into a criminal database.from the federal Department of Homeland Security says,"prompt DNA-sample collection could be essential to the detection and solution of crimes [aliens] may have committed or may commit in the United States.
Legal permanent residents and those planning to enter the country legally will not be required to submit samples. "It casts Latinos as would-be criminals. The racial profiling of this program is unconscionable." Charleen Adams, geneticist “It does not simply identify me as Vera," Eidelman said."It also says Vera is related to x, y and z other people. By the way, she also has the BRCA gene or other propensities for medical conditions. It is not simply about identity.”
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