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The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border in the name of security.
The Trump administration is considering a dramatic expansion of data collection on foreign tourists, including a proposal that would allow authorities to collect DNA from people entering the country under the Visa Waiver Program, even when those travelers come from allied nations with long-standing visa-free agreements.
The proposal appears in a new Department of Homeland Security notice seeking public comment on revisions to the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA, and the I-94 arrival and departure record.
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Once this pandora's box is opened, it's not getting shut again. Every other country will be doing the same by 2030.
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There's a line with invading privacy. If this thing goes ahead, I only see one outcome: tourism where they roll this out is gonna crash hard.
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in the land of the free?
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