Washington -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin voluntary DNA testing in cases where officials suspect that adults are fraudulently claiming to be parents of children as they cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
The decision comes as Homeland Security officials are increasingly concerned about instances of child trafficking as a growing number of Central American families cross the border, straining resources to the breaking point. Border authorities also recently started to increase the biometric data they take from children 13 and younger, including fingerprints, despite privacy concerns and government policy that restricts what can be collected.
Officials with the Department of Homeland Security said the DNA pilot program would be very limited. They told CBS News it would begin next week at the southern border.
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What part of PROTECTING CHILDREN do they not get?
ReplyDeleteWhat part of DEFENDING AGAINST IMMIGRATION FRAUD do they not get?
What part of VOLUNTARY do they not get?
ReplyDeleteFirst it is voluntary.
ReplyDeleteThen . . .
Second non citizens are not entitled to the same comforts as citizens. They are breaking the law by illegally crossing the border, hence are criminals. Thus they are waiving their rights to privacy and are inviting any searches and/or seizure
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