People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

(NewsNation) — Immigration authorities are storing DNA from migrant children in an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit future crimes, according to a new report from Wired. The report ...

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WASHINGTON — Routine collection of immigrants’ DNA by federal authorities has ballooned since 2020, with a 50-fold spike in the number of samples held in a national database of the sensitive genetic ...

PHOENIX – DNA samples from gloves that investigators found 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s house in Tucson did not match anything in a national FBI database, authorities announced Tuesday. The gloves ...

Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery ...

TUCSON, Ariz. – DNA found on a glove near Nancy Guthrie's home as well as inside her residence didn't produce a match in an FBI database, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said. During an interview with ...

The Metropolitan Police is still missing nearly half of its officers' DNA from its database, and more than a fifth of their fingerprints. Elimination databases are used to exclude police officers' DNA ...