DHS Can't Create Vast DNA Database to Track ICE Critics, lawsuit says

Saturday, May 09, 2026

Four protesters are suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from seizing DNA samples from Americans arrested while peacefully protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.

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... In a complaint filed in an Illinois district court on Wednesday, protesters arrested at the Broadview ICE facility during "Operation Midway Blitz" -- when thousands of federal agents flooded Chicago -- demanded an injunction to stop alleged violations of the First and Fourth Amendments, as well as the Administrative Procedure Act.

They have accused the federal government of "wrongfully arresting peaceful protesters, collecting their DNA, uploading their genetic profiles to government databases, and storing their DNA samples in federal labs -- permanently."

Out of 92 non-immigration arrests at Broadview, they emphasized, only one protester was convicted. That conviction was based on pleading guilty to concealing a prior felony charge and "had nothing to do with the protests at Broadview," the protesters said. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-08 06:24 PM | Reply

So now, Pres Trump's private, largely unregulated, militia (a.k.a., ICE) can arrest a person on a whim, then collect that person's DNA sample, and place the results of that sample in a permanent government database?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-08 06:26 PM | Reply

They're tracking all of us, and they'll keep tracking us, and their tech-fascist friends not in the government are tracking all of us. Thanks, Peter Thiel with Palantir! /s Thanks, Elon Musk with DOGE! /s

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-05-09 07:39 PM | Reply

Some are so starved for Love they actually enjoy being "tracked".

At least someone cares enough about them to track them.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-10 02:35 PM | Reply

What do you believe all these data centers will be used for?

Get ready for everything you think, say and do to be monitored.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-10 02:37 PM | Reply

Re 4

Always look on the bright side of Life!

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin

Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow
So always look on the bright side of death

A just before you draw your terminal breath
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughin' as you go

Just remember that the last laugh is on you
And

Always look on the bright side of life..

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-10 02:58 PM | Reply

"DHS can't create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says"

Yes they can.
--Republicans

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-10 03:14 PM | Reply