The rapid DNA testing pilot program is expected to launch next week at two locations along the US-Mexico border.
The Department of Homeland Security is expected to launch a DNA testing pilot program at the southern border next week to identify and prosecute immigrants posing as families, an agency official with knowledge of the program told BuzzFeed News.by CNN, will be rolled out for two to three days at two border locations. US Customs and Border Protection will refer adults they find posing as families to ICE's Homeland Security Investigations for possible prosecution.
The testing comes as US immigration authorities grapple with an unprecedented number of families and children arriving at the US-Mexico border, overwhelming facilities that were built to hold single adults from Mexico. In March, more than 53,000 families were apprehended the highest number recorded in a single month since CBP started tracking the figure in 2012.
"It's very clear that the cartels and smugglers know the weaknesses in our laws," McAleenan said."They know that family units and unaccompanied children will be released with no consequences for their illegal entry." That number represents 1% of the 256,821 family units apprehended at the southern border during that same period.
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