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DNA samples will soon be taken on every person arrested by federal law enforcement officers according to this story by Washington Post writers Ellen Nakashima and Spencer Hsu, and another by AP writer Eileen Sullivan. The new authorization, part of the Violence Against Women Act, passed recently by Congress, may also allow samples to be taken of illegal aliens captured by border patrol agents.

Posted by CJLF Staff on April 17, 2008 10:34 AM |

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