New bill would force detained illegal immigrants to provide DNA, fingerprints for nationwide crime enforcement; AL Senate OKs bill to allow fingerprinting and DNA collection of undocumented immigrants

New bill would force detained illegal immigrants to provide DNA, fingerprints for nationwide crime enforcement:

A new bill proposed in the Alabama state legislature would require illegal immigrants detained by law enforcement in the state to provide a DNA sample and fingerprints for cataloging in order to prevent criminals from being released to commit more crimes under a different identity.

Speaking with Fox News Digital one day after SB 320 passed the Alabama Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Republican state Sen. Lance Bell, the bill’s primary sponsor, said a trip to see the crisis at the southern border and hearing about illegal immigrants crossing into the U.S. multiple times while using a different name on each occasion inspired him to write the legislation.

He added that his inspiration was compounded when a local district attorney told him of an instance in which an illegal immigrant was convicted of murder in Alabama under one name, but was wanted in California for a separate murder under a different name.

Bell explained that requiring the cataloging of DNA and fingerprints in the national database would help to identify repeat offenders trying to cross the border and catch those wanted for committing crimes regardless of which state they were apprehended in and what name they were going by.

“It gets them cataloged, it gets them identified. We’re finding out that most people who are coming over like this are getting deported, and are coming over multiple times,” Bell said. —>READ MORE HERE

Senate OKs bill to allow fingerprinting and DNA collection of undocumented immigrants

The bill’s sponsor says the aim is to prevent people crossing the border multiple times using different names.

The bill’s sponsor says the aim is to prevent people crossing the border multiple times using different names.

The Senate Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report to a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to collect fingerprints and DNA from immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally before releasing them.

The bill is sponsored by Sen. Lance Bell, R-Pell City, who said this bill would help to track individuals crossing the border multiple times under different names.

“This is about building a database,” Bell said. “So, that I can’t come over today and say my name is Lance Bell … and then six months from now, after I’ve been deported, come back later on and they scan my fingerprints and I say my name is John Doe.”

“No, it ain’t. Your name is Lance Bell. We got you six months ago, and we know you’re using a fake ID now.” —>READ MORE HERE

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