'When we collect the DNA, we know that there's a lot of people that come and go into the United States. And there are thousands of crimes that are committed that are unsolved on a regular—on a yearly basis. DNA will help us solve those crimes,' Brandon Judd claimed.
A union representative for Customs and Border Patrol officers defended a proposed policy that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to collect DNA samples from people held at immigration detention facilities.host Griff Jenkins on Saturday morning, Brandon Judd, president of the Border Patrol Union, characterized the new policy—and President Donald Trump—as"all about the rule of law.
"When we collect the DNA, we know that there's a lot of people that come and go into the United States. And there are thousands of crimes that are committed that are unsolved on a regular—on a yearly basis. DNA will help us solve those crimes because there's always residue from DNA that are left at every single crime scene," Judd claimed.
By Judd's reasoning, those who flout the law by entering or remaining in the United States unlawfully are likely to behave criminally during their stay, an idea prevalent among those who want to reduce immigration to the United States—despite data showing that immigrants of all types areOn Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced that it is working on new regulations that would collect DNA data from the 40,000 people currently in federal immigration detention to be included in the...
"This kind of mass collection alters the purpose of DNA collection from one of criminal investigation to population surveillance, which is contrary to our basic notions of freedom and autonomy." Eidelman also pointed out that,"This means the administration's racist immigration policies will also implicate the rights of family members in other countries and family members here, including American citizens.
Judd addressed the ACLU's claims at the end of his interview saying,"In 22 years in law enforcement, I have never seen a situation in which DNA has caused unwarranted profiling. In fact that's where the ACLU is going to fail in this court challenge. They will be filing a court challenge, of course. What they're going to fail is they're not going to be able to show a judge cause—reasonable likelihood that DNA will in fact be used to used to profile persons.
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