NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 16: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents patrol the halls as they detain an individual after exiting his immigration court hearing at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on July 16, 2026 in New York City. ICE continues its practice of detaining non-U.S. citizens at immigration courthouses despite a federal judge's order that vacated the Trump administration’s policy. The judge stated that the Department of Justice had failed to provide “reasoned explanations” for the policy. (Credit: Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement may have added nearly 920,000 genetic profiles to the FBI's criminal DNA database in 2025, making the agency the largest source of new entries, according to research by Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology.
The FBI's detainee index within its Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, grew by roughly 995,000 profiles last year, reaching 3.35 million. Customs and Border Protection records account for about 75,000 submissions, leading Georgetown researchers to estimate that ICE may have contributed most of the remainder.
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