ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested

pseudolus 78 points 5 comments March 19, 2026
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WarOnPrivacy

He stood on the side of the road filming the officers, who were back inside their car and looked like they were about to leave. But they stopped and got out of the car. Video shows a masked federal officer running at Ben and slamming him to the ground. Three immigration officers pinned him down and dragged him to their vehicle. Ben says he was held in custody for about three hours. Before his release, officers photographed and fingerprinted him. Then, before Ben realized fully what was happening, an officer ran a swab, similar to a Q-tip, along the inside of his cheek. The revenge options that ICE agents deployed against this witness are Physical assault Arrested and detained without need Involuntary collection of his DNA to chill 1A activities Involuntary collection of his DNA to empower future Gov revenge

Computer0

ICE is the enemy of normal people.

pvaldes

Each day a new creepy reason to not visit the country.

SilverElfin

The democrats have offered many funding options for DHS that will not fund ICE but fund TSA. Republicans have rejected those and made airports dysfunctional for the last few weeks.

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