Electronic Frontier Foundation v. United States Department of Homeland Security

  1. November 04, 2022

    FOIA Suit Over DNA Testing At Border Largely Resolved

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a digital privacy nonprofit have resolved their differences concerning a 3-year-old Freedom of Information Act litigation seeking details on a program to subject certain migrant families to rapid DNA tests, according to a Friday case update.

  2. November 13, 2019

    Privacy Group Sues DHS For Border DNA Testing Info

    A digital privacy nonprofit has sued the Department of Homeland Security for records on the U.S. government's use of fast-acting DNA testing on migrant families at the border, which officials say can verify biological parent-child relationships.