By expanding federal agents' authority to collect the DNA of immigrant detainees, the government has risked violating ...

For years, Customs and Border Protection agents have been quietly harvesting DNA from American citizens, including minors, and funneling the samples into an FBI crime database, government data shows.

The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers—including at least one 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal ...

As if the regular detainment of children isn’t bad enough, documents show that U.S. immigration authorities are adding their DNA to a criminal database. In less than five years, the U.S. has collected ...

Between 2020 and 2024, CBP took DNA from approximately 2,000 U.S. citizens, including at least 95 minors, and sent those ...