Damning: DHS Whistleblowers Faced Retaliation After Exposing Agency's Failure to Comply With DNA Law
By Susie Moore | 12:25 PM on August 12, 2024The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.
Finding evidence of bureaucratic incompetency these days is hardly surprising. Even outright malfeasance in/among federal agencies, sadly, isn't a rarity. But the latest reporting from Catherine Herridge regarding the fate of three Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers following their stepping forward as whistleblowers to expose the fact that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has knowingly failed to follow the law for decades regarding DNA collection is, frankly, mindboggling.
Herridge sat down with the three whistleblowers, Mark Jones, Mike Taylor, and Fred Wynn, who have nearly 70 years of law enforcement experience between them, to discuss their claims regarding the agency's failures and the retaliatory efforts taken against them for stepping forward.
The video runs roughly 10-and-a-half minutes and is worth the watch. I won't transcribe all of it here, but want to point out several of the highlights from it.
First, the DNA collection law at issue has been on the books since 2005, when it passed with bipartisan support. It requires the collection of DNA samples from "non-United States persons in detention for immigration violations." Per the whistleblowers, DHS is not enforcing that law — certainly not fully — and hasn't been under both Democrat and Republican administrations.
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2024/08/12/damning-cbp-whistleblowers-faced-retaliation-after-exposing-agencys-failure-to-comply-with-dna-law-n2178010
