Immigration advocates say they've been trying since 2024 to get details from DHS, which has increased DNA collections to the FBI's database by 5,000% since 2020.

Homeland Security has added more than 1.5 million DNA profiles to the database since 2020, marking a 5,000 percent increase in submissions between 2000 and 2024, the report found.

US Customs and Border Protection collected DNA samples from just 37% of illegal immigrants at the nation’s borders in 2022, preventing federal law enforcement from solving violent and deadly ...

(CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security will start a DNA testing pilot program next week to help identify and prosecute individuals posing as families in an effort to target human smuggling ...

The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to launch a pilot project that will allow federal immigration officials to use DNA testing to verify whether migrant families crossing the southern ...

The Department of Homeland Security is planning to expand its use of biometric data for immigration purposes, as well as increase its use of DNA to verify family relationships.

The Department of Homeland Security on Friday withdrew Trump-era plans to vastly expand the collection of biometric data, including DNA samples, which would have been used for immigration purposes ...

The Department of Homeland Security is planning to expand its use of biometric data for immigration purposes, as well as increase its use of DNA to verify family relationships. In an announcement ...

Homeland Security officials said Wednesday they will start an “unprecedented” pilot program to test the DNA of families arriving at the U.S. border as soon as next week, calling the measure an ...

Homeland Security Launching Program to Test DNA of Some Migrant Families in Effort to Prevent 'Recycling' of Children to Speed Up Asylum Claims Published May 06, 2019 at 10:05 PM EDT Updated May ...