U.S. to start collecting DNA from people detained at border

U.S. pilot project to collect DNA from people detained at border includes Canadian crossing

The Ambassador Bridge at the Windsor-Detroit international crossing is pictured on"Black Friday" from Windsor, Ontario, Friday November, 26, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brent FosterHOUSTON -- The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide.

Immigrant advocates and privacy experts have raised alarms and questioned whether data collected to stop criminal activity could instead be used for surveillance. "It raises a lot of very serious, practical concerns, I think, and real questions about coercion," Kang said.

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