Welcome to America, please provide your DNA

I think parking tickets are a stretch...but many, if not all, (I don't know) states routinely take a DNA sample when someone is arrested. This has not only lead to the solving of some previously unsolved crimes but has also resulted in the release of several who were wrongly convicted. Social security numbers can be stolen...DNA cannot.

There definitely has to be some ramifications regarding DNA keeping. How is it possible that this is allowed in the military? I am not against using our DNA to learn more things about us in terms of health, science, or medical practices, but using DNA to persecute or keep people in check is preposterous. This sounds like a real life X-men situation.

sounds like an excuse for them to get a profile of everybody for future reference.. reminds me of that "gattica" movie with the "valids" and "in-valid" people.

It took a while but it was bound to get here. They've already done this in the UK. At first it met resistance, now that the government is "rethinking" it, there are groups rising up to cry "thousands of rapists will go free!". If something like this gets off the ground, there will be no stopping it. It must be stopped before it starts with the Supreme Court ruling it unconstitutional, as it is. The Fourth Amendment would be violated. Fourth Amendment The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. I don't know about you, but I carry my DNA around in my person, and the government has no right to unreasonably search or seize anything in my person.

Comcast is really a POS here lately. I can't get the link to load in IE, Mozilla or Chrome. Grr! So help me out here in understanding this. Asking suspected illegals for any form of identification is comparable to Nazi Germany, and every feel-good, do-nothing on the planet points the finger at the racist Arizonans looking to get a handle on the problem. Right? Okay. But somehow catalog of everyone's DNA is somehow supposed to combat the problem? So help me out here in understanding this. Asking suspected illegals for any form of identification is comparable to Nazi Germany, and every feel-good, do-nothing on the planet points the finger at the racist Arizonans looking to get a handle on the problem, BUT asking for someone's DNA on spec to see if it matches the vast catalog is somehow supposedly better? That's the only way it would work. Obviously, you can't take an illegal's DNA, or else you'd know they were "illegal" before taking it and thus the "problem" wouldn't be a problem. So the only way to do it is to gather up every legal citizen in the country and catalog their DNA. Then, when someone is taken into custody or questioned or whatever, they've given a DNA screening to find out they don't match. To me, "Do you have ID?" is the better approach. If it's "yes," check out the identification to make sure it matches up. If it's "no," check further into it to make sure the person's not illegal. I guess I'm the stupid one. This would be infinitely farther than any government should ever reach.

I think the whole thing needs to be put on hold until the possible ramifications can be discussed/debated/etc. and rules put in place to protect our civil rights/freedom. We're already headed down the slippery slope...we don't need a push.

The military is already screwed on that one. They already have DNA samples of those who join.

Does anyone realize how illegal this is...They cannot legally do this. I mean I know that they are doing it, but the only reason they are getting away with it is because Americans are sooo stupid, lazy and ignorant that they will not do anything to stop this!!!! Where are all of the lawyers that used to scream STOP and sue the brains out of people for doing stuff like this. Have they all become cowards? Or is there too much money to be made on the Gov. side?

Sounds very new world order to me. Next thing is we'll all have to have those verichips installed in our bodies.

If there is anything wrong, the current corrupt Dept. of Homeland Security, under the aegis of the liar Janet Napolitano will do it. Don't forget she said there is no border problem in AZ and that we conservatives and our military are "domestic terrorists". They have no intention of stopping illegal aliens, just of bullying any Americans possible into submission, as in TSA tactics being used to intimidate us.

We are all on the way to loosing our privacy. There is a new policy of giving "Unique Identity Number" to citizens of India. I was finger printed, Iris scan done and a lot of private information like my bank account number, my Insurance number and all that taken. I am sure the next time I sneeze it will be known to the Government and its agents. The general population of the world has always fought against Dictatorship. Sadly, our democracies are sliding into a dictatorship. Watch out for the "Big Brother"