Concerns Rise Over DHS DNA Collection from US Citizens
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Concerns Rise Over DHS DNA Collection from US Citizens

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been collecting DNA samples from nearly 2,000 Americans, including minors, and adding them to an FBI crime database. This practice raises significant privacy and civil liberties concerns, as many citizens are unaware of their genetic information being stored for law enforcement purposes. The revelations have sparked a national debate on government surveillance and the ethical implications of such data collection.

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