Homeland Security stonewalling info on noncitizen DNA collection operation, lawsuit alleges

The Trump administration has been turning to DNA technology to help find and arrest immigrants, including children, but immigration advocates say it has been slow to spell out how it's using and overseeing the genetic information.

Three groups sued the Department of Homeland Security on Monday after trying to get records about the data collection program since last summer, during the Biden administration.

The plaintiffs are the Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology, part of the Georgetown University Law School that focuses on privacy and surveillance law and policy; the Amica...