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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Anna Katrina Sevilla

Civil Rights Alarm as ICE Rapidly Expands DNA Collection That Stores Innocent Children's Records at FBI

A sweeping expansion of DNA collection by ICE is raising civil rights concerns (Credit: ICE Instagram Photo)

US immigration authorities have triggered an unprecedented civil rights backlash following the rapid expansion of federal genetic data collection, which added nearly 920,000 profiles to the FBI's national system in 2025.

This was done through a rapid expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) collection powers, triggering alarm among civil liberties groups over the inclusion of children and people with no criminal convictions.

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