ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People's DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
ICE Collected Nearly 1M People's DNA Last Year–Including Young Children
A new Georgetown Law report reveals that ICE may have added up to 920,000 DNA profiles to the FBI's CODIS database in 2025, making DHS the largest source of new genetic profiles in the criminal DNA system. Despite most detainees having no criminal conviction, their DNA is stored indefinitely and can be searched against crime-scene evidence. The program has expanded to families and children, with at least 492 children under 14 swabbed by CBP, and has led to prosecutions for refusal.
The Fourth Amendment categorically prohibits the government from compelling you, without suspicion, to hand over your sensitive information on the speculation that it might be helpful for crime-solving in the future.