In the amount of time it takes to get lunch, the government can now collect your DNA and extract a profile that identifies you and your family members.

Rapid DNA Analyzers—machines with the ability to process DNA in 90 minutes or less—are an operational reality and are being marketed to the federal ...

Read more: Rapid DNA: Coming Soon to a Police Department or Immigration Office Near You

Last week, ICE quietly announced that it was terminating 32 local enforcement task force partnerships, known as 287(g) agreements, some of which have been operating successfully for as long as ten years. This follows the revocation earlier this year of seven other task force agreements in Arizona. ...

Read more: ICE Cancels Enforcement Agreements with 32 Local Partners

As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2012 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. Click here to read other blog posts in this series.

Around the world, systems of identification ...

Read more: 2012 in Review: Biometric ID Systems Grew Internationally… And So Did Concerns About Privacy

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)—author of the federal “assault weapon” and “large” ammunition magazine ban of 1994-2004—has announced that on the first day of the new Congress—January 3rd— she will introduce a bill to which her 1994 ban will pale by comparison. On Dec. 17th, Feinstein said, “I ...

Read more: Feinstein Goes For Broke With New Gun-Ban Bill

As the year draws to a close, EFF looks back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2012 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy. Click here to read other blog posts in this series.

All things considered, 2012 was a terrible year ...

Read more: 2012 in Review: State Surveillance Around the Globe

Right Side News reports from the Federation for American Immigration Reform on

•  Obama Administration Cuts 287(g) in Half Obama Administration
• Restricts ICE Agents' Ability to Take Custody of Illegal Aliens Amnesty
• Negotiations Continue During the Holidays Iowa Refuses to Grant ...

  Read more: Immigration Reform News and Impact on US Homeland Security December 31, 2012

Where would you place your trust when it comes to the security of your child's school?  An expert in politics or law enforcement?

Senator Feinstein has reacted to the Sandy Hook massacre with her proposed comprehensive gun control law package to be introduced in January while Pinal County ...

Read more: Sheriff Paul Babeu or Senator Feinstein

Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed two lawsuits against the U.S. Department Homeland Security (DHS) for failure to respond to its requests for public records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).  The documents relate to the nature of health services and birth control ...

Read more: Two Lawsuits against DHS over Documents about “Free” Birth Control, Abortion and Sex Changes