Trump Admin Announces Plans to Build Database of Migrant DNA
Joe Wilkins
created: Jan. 25, 2025, 2:45 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.
<p>Trump is ringing in his second term with a dizzying array of executive orders, within which lies the groundwork for a massive DNA surveillance campaign targeting migrants. That's according to analysis by award winning National Security journalist Spencer Ackerman, who writes that, "along with the attorney general, the secretary of homeland security will 'fulfill the requirements of the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005,' according to the 'Securing Our Borders' executive order," referencing one of just ten [10?] presidential actions targeting migrants signed by Trump on his first day back. "In other words," Ackerman continues, "[the] DHS and the Justice Department […]</p>
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