The Privacy and Technology Center of the University of Georgetown, the Amica Center for the Rights of Immigrants and America for Immigrant Justice reported Tuesday about The legal complaint filed in a federal court in the Columbia district.
The organizations indicated in a statement that the lawsuit was filed because the DHS He has not answered a request made under the Law on Freedom of Information (Foia) on the use of these samples, which collects massively since 2020.
Immigrants’ defenders warned that DNA samples of foreigners has increased at an unprecedented rate of more than 5 thousand percent in the FBI database, known as CODIS.
In 2024 the three organizations submitted a joint application to know how the agency Collect, store and use immigrant DNA datainformation that the agency disseminates little or nothing to the public, but have not received any response.
Stevie Glaberson, director of Research and Defense of the Privacy Center, said in a statement that the DHS is collecting samples of people who They do not face accusations of crimes and operating without any of the restrictions that “it is supposed to exist” so that the government forces someone to provide their most confidential personal information.
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