Feds collected DNA from 1.5 million migrants in under four years, report finds
by Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times
May 21, 2024
2 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Routine collection of immigrants' DNA by federal authorities has ballooned since 2020, with a 50-fold spike in the number of samples held in a national database of the sensitive genetic information, according to a report released Tuesday.
In nearly four years, the DNA database — which is shared with law enforcement agencies nationwide — added more than 1.5 million
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