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DNA tests are in the works for separated migrant children and parents
CNN ^ | July 6, 2018 | Sonia Moghe, Nick Valencia and Holly Yan

Posted on 07/06/2018 3:00:10 PM PDT by Innovative

DNA tests are being performed on children and parents in an attempt to reunite migrant families separated at the US border, said a federal official with knowledge of the reunifications.

"The safety and security is paramount, and it is not uncommon for children to be trafficked or smuggled by those claiming to be parents," the official said.

"To our knowledge, this is a cheek swab and is being done to expedite parental verification and ensuring reunification with verified parents due to child welfare concerns."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; children; dna; illegalaliens; migrants
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An excellent idea. Make sure children are not being given back to child traffickers.
1 posted on 07/06/2018 3:00:10 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Of course, the left is going to raise hell about government intrusion. Maybe like Roe v Wade, constitutionally having “freedom of privacy,” or some nonsense

Remember Rachel Maddow et al complaining about “Show me your papers,” during the Obama adminstration, AZ had a law that had if the police stopped someone for a violation and they seemed an illegal, that they should ask for proof of being her legally.

The left is going to be show as hypocrites again, because it is never really about the children. It’s about kicking up a ruckus.

https://www.change.org/p/thank-president-obama-for-filing-suit-against-arizona-s-show-me-your-papers-law


2 posted on 07/06/2018 3:06:23 PM PDT by ThankYouFreeRepublic (An)
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To: Innovative

Apparently a bunch of immigration advocates are up in arms about this for privacy reasons.

In other news, there is good headway being made on the nation’s rape kit backlog, particularly in Texas.


3 posted on 07/06/2018 3:07:53 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: Innovative

Wonder how many of those children will not be claimed if the adults are required to have DNA tests? It will be shocking.


4 posted on 07/06/2018 3:16:07 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Innovative

And when there’s no matches?


5 posted on 07/06/2018 3:24:46 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: txrefugee

I read yesterday, though, that they have already saved one innocent little kid who was with quite a horrible person claiming to be their parent and wasn’t. There has to be some satisfaction for those poor border control workers for having saved a person. They are being given so much grief you have to cheer the victories.


6 posted on 07/06/2018 3:25:34 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: Sasparilla

I think we would have to accommodate them if we were unable to find relatives. None of this is their fault.


7 posted on 07/06/2018 3:30:11 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: txrefugee; Pride in the USA
Wonder how many of those children will not be claimed if the adults are required to have DNA tests? It will be shocking.

Much higher than 50%, I'm sure. Which is why the amnesty advocates will fight to the death to stop this testing.

8 posted on 07/06/2018 3:35:05 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: lonevoice

Here is one breakdown I found on a CNN story:

In a breakdown of the roughly 100 possibly separated kids under the age of 5 in custody, Fabian said 19 parents of these children have already been deported.
Fabian said 83 children were linked to 86 parents, while 16 minors were not linked to parents, and that of the 86 parents, 46 were in ICE custody, 19 were removed from the US and 19 were released from ICE custody. Two of the 86 parents, Fabian said, were “determined to have a criminal history that would make them unfit or a danger, criminal convictions related to child cruelty and kidnapping or rape.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/06/politics/justice-department-family-reunification/index.html


9 posted on 07/06/2018 3:40:10 PM PDT by BlackAdderess (Aren't you glad Jeb! lost?)
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To: Innovative

Libtards demanded it. Here you go.


10 posted on 07/06/2018 3:40:57 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Innovative

I’ll save millions right now. Their all of Hispanic origin. AND, from south of the border!! Do not let them in!


11 posted on 07/06/2018 3:51:23 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Innovative
As I've been saying from DAY 1!

MANDATORY DNA & BIOMETRIC SCANS ON EVERYONE CAUGHT COMING IN!

You would be horrified just how high these child/human smuggling goes up in society today and who are behind it all!

12 posted on 07/06/2018 4:06:58 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be made the Cat Food instead.)
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To: Innovative

Funny how DNA can be tested so quickly with these kids, but there are still over 50,000 UNTESTED rape kits sitting in Nevada & other states.


13 posted on 07/06/2018 4:16:00 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Innovative
Its very disgusting that we have so many families, homeless vets etc in dire needs and literally begging for help, yet the MSM and the LEFT in the country totally turns a blind eye to them and is all up in arms over ILLEGALS COMING IN.

And to top off everything, using kids as a SYMPATHY PLOY while blaming TRUMP over policies and pictures done by OBAMA!

IMHO put up the wall, barbed wire & land mines and armed soldiers along the entire southern border and deport everyone caught to South Chile (as far south as the end of the continent). No more illegals allowed to remain in the country until every Veteran, homeless person, persons begging on the street corners or any needy person of America is well taken care of!

USA CITIZENS FIRST!

14 posted on 07/06/2018 4:17:39 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be made the Cat Food instead.)
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To: Innovative

Goldman Sachs makes some 1 billion dollars per year facilitating the WIC (Welfare Industrial Complex).

Goldman Sachs will lube the revolving door between GS and powerful positions in the US gov.

Lincoln’s vision of the US economy/government is alive and well.


15 posted on 07/06/2018 4:21:34 PM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: Innovative

This will get it on the first cut at least, biological parenthood.

Adoption and stepchild cases will be messier. If a complaint could be made, it would be one about suddenly stiffening the procedures without a formal warning, and then not identifying who came in with whom in a way that will remain permanently traceable. There had been so much wink and nod about illegal immigration by both major parties, that if I had been Trump, I would have issued a formal warning to the world well before doing this. And yet so he isn’t the biggest softie in the world. We had to do this sooner or later. I’m sure our carping left will be right there when it comes to straightening the situation out (yeah, to heckle us).


16 posted on 07/06/2018 4:23:31 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Innovative

If I had to guess, I’d say somewhere between 2 and 4 percent of the total are actually with relatives of any sort (and most of those will still get sold into slavery anyway).


17 posted on 07/06/2018 4:28:12 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: Innovative

EVERY illegal over the border needs to be DNA tested.


18 posted on 07/06/2018 5:18:02 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (All Democrats have to offer is violence, intolerance, divisiveness and hatred.)
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To: ThankYouFreeRepublic

The left will NEVER admit that illegals coming into the country have caused a horrific situation with sex trafficking of minors. These invader mothers should be grateful that DNA testing is being done to assure that the children are not handed over to non-parents. They should also understand why US authorities have to be sure that any child with an adult is in fact with a parent.


19 posted on 07/06/2018 5:20:36 PM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: Sasparilla
Send them back to Mexico with 1000 meter radio receivers attached to explosives embedded in their necks. Tell them that they will have a much longer life if they choose to stay very very far from the United States border.


20 posted on 07/06/2018 5:23:16 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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