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Conversations Surrounding the Use of DNA Tests in the Family Reunification of Migrants Separated at the United States-Mexico Border in 2018
2019
Frontiers in Genetics
In April 2018, the U.S. implemented a "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that would lead to the separation of more than 2,000 migrant families over the following months. By that summer, the policy and resultant family separations had generated a media storm that swept up the public. In early June, the government announced its consideration of DNA testing to aid in the detection of human trafficking in immigration contexts. Later that month, as the government retracted the child separation
doi:10.3389/fgene.2019.01232
pmid:31921289
pmcid:PMC6927295
fatcat:ncgm6un7svhn3afdz3cs67cbgu