Trump administration to expand DNA collection at border and give data to FBI

Justice department crafting new rules that would allow US to collect trove of biometric data on migrants

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

The effort is separate from and much broader than the rapid DNA testing done on families at the US-Mexico border to help detect adults falsely posing as parents. Not much else is known yet about the increased testing, including its purpose and whether it would apply to children crossing alone or to asylum seekers.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2oCWPEq