Immigrant Newborn DNA in Database: For Future Criminals We Guess Oops...

 

Immigrant newborn DNA into database for future 

The United States government has collected DNA samples from upwards of 133,000 migrant children and teenagers — including at least one 4-year-old — and uploaded their genetic data into a national criminal database used by local, state, and federal law enforcement, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.

The records, quietly released by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) earlier this year, offer the most detailed look to date at the scale of CBP’s controversial DNA collection program. They reveal for the first time just how deeply the government’s biometric surveillance reaches into the lives of migrant children, some of whom may still be learning to read or tie their shoes, yet whose DNA is now stored in a system originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals.

The DOJ argued that extensive DNA collection activity at the border provides “an assessment of the danger a migrant potentially poses to the public, and will essentially help solve crimes that may be committed in the future.” 

Experts say that the children’s raw genetic material will be stored indefinitely and worry that, without proper guardrails, the DNA dragnet could be used for more extensive profiling in the future.

Article source is from WIRED here. 

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My 2 Cents: Talk about utter craziness of the Trump administration run amok - boy, this is it. 

Words cannot even begin to describe the utter nuttiness of this latest from Trump's empire.

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