On November 3 of last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a rule change allowing its agents to gather ...

With the popularity of DNA tracing sites on the rise, there are more and more stories of unexpected family secrets revealed.

A group of House Republicans, led by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., is asking the FBI to provide details about a reported backlog in the processing of DNA tests of illegal immigrants -- expressing concern ...

When Scarlett Simonian petitioned in 2004 for her Honduran mother to immigrate to the United States, she was asked to provide a birth certificate and other documents to prove they were blood relatives ...

The Department of Homeland Security will start a DNA testing pilot program next week to help identify and prosecute individuals posing as families in an effort to target human smuggling, two ...

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Migrant DNA being collected by the United States government has surged more than 5,000 percent since 2020 and the "coercive" and "illegal" practice should end immediately, a researcher who co-authored ...

In mid-December, the 20-year-old Minneapolis resident was walking through the city’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood when federal immigration officers stopped him. He offered to show identification. They ...

DNA tests are starting to replace birth certificates and other documents as tools for U.S. immigration authorities. The tests provide a more accurate way of proving a biological connection when trying ...