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ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

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Feed Name: WIRED Security

Date Published: 2026-08-03

Date Updated: 2026-08-03

Author: Dhruv Mehrotra

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The article describes a sweeping expansion of DNA collection by US immigration authorities (ICE and CBP) that has funneled large numbers of genetic profiles—many from people with no criminal convictions—into the FBI’s CODIS system, highlighting individual cases, Georgetown Law research estimating hundreds of thousands of new profiles in 2025, and resulting legal, policy, and civil‑liberties concerns about collecting and retaining detainees’ genetic data.

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