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Homeland Security

ICE Awards Bode Contract For Rapid DNA Testing On Southwest Border

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020

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ICE Awards Bode Contract For Rapid DNA Testing On Southwest Border

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Bode Cellmark Forensics a potential five-year, $17.3 million contract to provide Rapid DNA testing systems for use in identifying fraudulent family relationship claims by individuals entering the U.S. along the southern border. The award follows two previous operational evaluations of Rapid DNA technology under the names Operational Double Helix and Operational Double Helix 2.0. In those evaluations, desktop Rapid DNA systems were successfully used to identify fraudulently-claimed familial relationships made by aliens encountered while…

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Army

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Army

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