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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…

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

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Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]