<p>The Trump administration's program was laid out in <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-dhs080-detaineedna-january2020.pdf" target="_blank">a memo</a> from the Department of Homeland Security, which details information on how the program will be implemented.</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p>The FBI will provide DNA testing kits to a limited number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the Laredo, TX and Detroit, MI areas to gauge the resources needed for expansion on a national scale.</p><p><strong>The Trump administration says the goal of the program is to reduce crime and flag potential traffickers, but others fear the program's impact will be far more insidious.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="b5afd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="OA5E6X1578416055"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214438986846015489" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I don’t want to say we’re living in a pseudo fascist dystopia but the fact that they can demand a sample of your DN… https://t.co/N4oxYxh5CC</div> — bambino (@bambino)<a href="https://twitter.com/BanoValore/statuses/1214438986846015489">1578379792.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="ed43d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2T1MDE1578416056"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214553772179050497" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">This is a terrible idea and should be opposed. https://t.co/ryB804L4jc</div> — Erick Erickson (@Erick Erickson)<a href="https://twitter.com/EWErickson/statuses/1214553772179050497">1578407159.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="5848b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="X7GLFY1578416056"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214567799986651136" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">How is this constitutional? Especially for citizens? https://t.co/jOEd0xSfH2</div> — Melissa Jo Peltier (@Melissa Jo Peltier)<a href="https://twitter.com/MelissaJPeltier/statuses/1214567799986651136">1578410503.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="2ec36" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="MRKOEO1578416056"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214547215370407943" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">What is this country becoming? https://t.co/mlEYLYcpNc</div> — Sandy (@Sandy)<a href="https://twitter.com/sblood22/statuses/1214547215370407943">1578405595.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="c609d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="FL9TMM1578416056"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214402168788312064" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Big Brother https://t.co/h4eElqa6SU</div> — Master Sommelier at Herb Ertlinger WineryⓋ (@Master Sommelier at Herb Ertlinger WineryⓋ)<a href="https://twitter.com/aftrnoondelite/statuses/1214402168788312064">1578371014.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><br></p><strong>In addition to targeting those apprehended at the southern border, the initial pilot program will be tested on the northern border at a location near Detroit. People think they know why.</strong><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed" style="text-decoration-line: line-through;">
</p><div id="65f9f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="KGEE3F1578416056"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214320279633235968" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">This Detroit metro area has the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the entire country. https://t.co/VlTgTQCNLx</div> — Heidi Przybyla (@Heidi Przybyla)<a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/statuses/1214320279633235968">1578351490.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="112a0" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="NJF5441578416056"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214323986038956033" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">No no no no no no no no no no no.
Detroit has our country’s largest concentration of Arab-Americans.
This is not… https://t.co/Gd30uU9iRE</div> — Joshua Potash (@Joshua Potash)<a href="https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/statuses/1214323986038956033">1578352373.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="fff38" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="PTDPHG1578416058"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1214373586510725121" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">They are targeting Arabs and Muslims. This is why they chose Detroit. https://t.co/sfyVPMcCE1</div> — Abed A. Ayoub (@Abed A. Ayoub)<a href="https://twitter.com/aayoub/statuses/1214373586510725121">1578364199.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p style="">The policy sounds like the dream of presidential advisor Stephen Miller, one of the most influential <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/783047584/leaked-emails-fuel-calls-for-stephen-miller-to-leave-white-house" target="_blank">white supremacists</a> in the White House.<br></p>
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