{"id":2678,"date":"2024-05-20T22:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T02:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/?page_id=2678"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:32:34","slug":"raiding-the-genome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/publications\/raiding-the-genome\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2024\u2019s<em> Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing<\/em> explained and analyzed the drastic expansion of DNA collection at the Department of Homeland Security. DHS\u2019s DNA collection program operates with essentially no oversight, and the DNA taken is used for future criminal policing and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our research into DHS\u2019s DNA collection activities continues. Read the original report, updates, and issue-specific briefs below:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>**NEW** Issue Brief:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Raiding the (U.S. Citizen) Genome<\/em> (published September 2025) (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1n_3EX9QQzWX599UWy00-DtWh8sZyg65v\/view?usp=drive_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1n_3EX9QQzWX599UWy00-DtWh8sZyg65v\/view?usp%3Ddrive_link&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758660090612000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ekzqYMATMexO8z6l-p4UH\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">ENG<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16JYGLZ7oA4KlklUEEbYHQQzMcHCkpCWK\/view?usp=drive_link\">ESP<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Update to original report:<\/strong> July 2025 (Actualizaci\u00f3n: julio de 2025) (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1LLDKWJahEN2Tjt9EKH6X4r59-aTu_VI1\/view?usp=drive_link\">ENG<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18al_bwnK3ESA_bCe-YG_m8ybuIsx942C\/view?usp=drive_link\">ESP<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Original report (ENG):<\/strong> <em>Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1TqO4TviUzM6BtQYLnDyuhNGReZVKs0ee\/view?usp=drivesdk\">2024 Report<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wJNsidfNVTAlgsOC2qr-Q-Yyt1xHz-c_\">2024 Executive Summary<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Informe original (ESP):<\/strong> <em>Asalto Al Genoma: C\u00f3mo El Gobierno De Los Estados Unidos Abusa De Sus Facultades En Materia De Inmigraci\u00f3n Para Acumular ADN Para Futuras Acciones Policiales<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1wF9A0G1nWuOa3zaPHCug-5JWbobyEFhQ\/view?usp=drivesdk\">Informe de 2024<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xiQwwhMirc84rnrybWZjdWcR3umpfjFU\/view?usp=sharing\">Resumen Ejecutivo de 2024<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024\u2019s Raiding the Genome: How the United States Government Is Abusing Its Immigration Powers to Amass DNA for Future Policing explained and analyzed the drastic expansion of DNA collection at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15769,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-2678","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15769"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4478,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2678\/revisions\/4478"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/privacy-technology-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}