ICE is collecting DNA from detainees for future policing
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ICE is collecting DNA from detainees for future policing

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 31, 20268 min
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be responsible for collecting the DNA of nearly a million people in 2025. The genetic material is then sent to the FBI, where it can be stored for future policing. That’s according to an updated report from Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Stevie Glaberson, a co-author of the report, about the DNA collection practice — and its legal implications. More on this: Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DN...

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ICE is cracking down on undocumented immigrants and collecting their DNA. From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty-Carino. Immigration and Customs Enforcement collected the DNA of nearly a million people last year,

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according to a new analysis from Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology. After a policy change during the first Trump administration in 2020, the Department of Homeland Security, which also includes customs and border protection, has been ramping up DNA collection of detainees and sending that genetic material to the FBI.

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Stevie Gleibertson is here to discuss. She's the director of advocacy at Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology and a co-author of the report. In the last couple years, since basically a rule change that happened in the first Trump

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