HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide. The information would ...

The Trump administration is planning to expand the collection of DNA from migrants who cross U.S. borders, and to include the information in a massive criminal database operated by the FBI. The effort ...

The Department of Homeland Security is warning in a new disclosure that its use of Rapid DNA testing of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border could result in risks to personal privacy and misuse ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — The Biden administration is planning to end a rapid DNA testing program at the southern border that ensures migrant families are in fact related. Former Acting Commissioner of ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun using DNA testing at seven locations along the southern border to identify individuals who pose as families, the agency said Monday. The implementation of ...

On April 30, 2019, DHS announced it would start DNA testing to establish family relationships at the border in an alleged effort to “target human smuggling,” and “prevent children from being exploited ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin voluntary DNA testing in cases where officials suspect that adults are fraudulently claiming to be parents of children as they cross the U.S.-Mexico ...

The Department of Homeland Security is considering next steps in DNA testing on the southern border, following a pilot program that concluded last week. DHS ran the DNA pilot program to help identify ...