In nearly four years, a national DNA database — which is shared with law enforcement agencies nationwide — added more than 1.5 million noncitizen profiles. (Elana Marie / For De Los ) Routine ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses better data to help determine its compliance with DNA collection requirements. Federal law ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker wants to spend $6 million on expanding DNA collection efforts to include anyone arrested on a felony charge and anyone convicted of a crime, a move the ...

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

"It would eliminate the age limits," . Morgan Bailey, a partner at Mayer Brown and former senior DHS official told Newsweek.

US Customs and Border Protection collected DNA samples from less than 40% of illegal immigrants stopped at the nation’s borders in 2022, preventing federal law enforcement from solving violent ...

Stevie Glaberson, director of research and advocacy at the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology, said DHS is expanding its database "despite collecting DNA ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether it’s legal for police to collect DNA samples from people under arrest, a case that could have nationwide implications ...

The Trump administration's DHS proposal would expand biometric data collection, including DNA, from all immigration applicants and detainees, raising major privacy, legal and constitutional concerns ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — State legislators introduced a bill that would require the Department of Corrections to collect DNA samples from all incarcerated inmates who haven't already provided ...