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Homeland Security

DHS To Evaluate Rapid DNA Technology On Southwest Border To Stop Fraud And Human Trafficking

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) next week plan to conduct a limited pilot evaluation of biometric technology based on DNA analysis to determine whether alien family units entering the U.S. from Mexico are indeed related to help stop fraud and to thwart human trafficking, Department of Homeland Security officials said in Wednesday. CBP and ICE will use a relatively new technology called Rapid DNA, which can determine in less than two hours of a…

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Army

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