editor’s note: good news! a thought i had before reading about the plan to do so. this will indeed help put an end to the horror that is human/child trafficking at the border.
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- A federal official told CNN on Thursday that the government has started collecting DNA to reunite migrant families
- When the idea was suggested by Attorney General Jeff Sessions last month, non-profits raised concerns for immigrants’ privacy
- The official who spoke to CNN would not say how long testing has been going on or if the DNA is being stored in a database
- They also would not answer questions about whether children could give consent to their DNA being collected
The government has allegedly started collecting DNA to reunite migrant children with their families, a federal official told CNN on Thursday.
More than 2,000 children were ripped from their loved ones at the U.S.-Mexico border since Trump initiated his ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy this past spring.
Federal officials are collecting DNA to make sure that these children are reunited with the correct family members.
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