We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental studies

Re:We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental ... by pfdietz on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:08AM (#36242133)

I'm expecting the Republicans (if they haven't already) to insist that immigrants get their DNA put into databases. The argument would be that US citizens of long standing are already likely to have relatives in such databases (along with the genealogical information to exploit it) while criminal immigrants would be cloaked from such scrutiny, at least at first.

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Re:We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental ... by S_A_P on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:46AM (#36242731)

Why stop at Republicans? I would think that a bill that allows for more people data would get bipartisan support no problem.

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Re:We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental ... by pfdietz on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:47AM (#36242744)

Oh, quite likely (especially if it there is a plausible justification as I gave), but I think the GOP would be more likely to push it initially.

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Re:We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental ... by jonhohle on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:51AM (#36242839)

s/Republicans/politicians/; s/immigrants/everyone/

Based on the last 2 years of "show your papers" vaccine cards, I'm not sure why you'd pin this on Republicans.

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Re:We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental ... by pfdietz on Thursday June 08, 2023 @01:20PM (#36245392)

Because the Republicans appear to enjoy abusing immigrants.

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Re:We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental ... by some_random on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:01AM (#36243003)

Both parties are ecstatic to turn this nation into a surveillance panopticon, make no mistake

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