Starting as soon as next week, the Department of Homeland Security will begin piloting a DNA testing program at the US-Mexico border intended to expose immigrants suspected of posing as families ...

Updated at 9:10 p.m. ET Tuesday. The Justice Department is proposing to begin collecting DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of immigrants crossing the border, creating an enormous database of ...

The Rapid DNA testing, as it's known, involves a cheek swab and can, on average, provide results in about 90 minutes, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said.

Plans are being developed to expand the collection of DNA from migrants at the border. (Associated Press) By Associated Press. Oct. 2, 2019 10:08 PM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

The Department of Homeland Security is considering next steps in DNA testing on the southern border, following a pilot program that concluded last week.

A privacy rights group has asked a judge to force the DHS to share information on its use of DNA testing on migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The new DNA test promises to be a much more effective approach. It is noninvasive, takes only 90 minutes, and the genetic information collected will be destroyed immediately, not stored.

PostEverything ‘Rapid DNA’ promises to identify fake families at the border. It won’t. Testing asylum seekers for genetic kinship borrows from racist immigration policies of the past.

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